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"Once money is no longer your biggest problem, hiring is." Very true. After moving to the investment side a little while ago, I've seen firsthand that when fou
by lpolovets 13y ago
"Once money is no longer your biggest problem, hiring is."
Very true. After moving to the investment side a little while ago, I've seen firsthand that when founders are not stressed out about fundraising, they're stressed out about hiring. If I was to categorize requests that our portfolio companies have made of us, the breakdown would be something like:
* 50% help with hiring
* 20% introduction requests
* 15% requests for product feedback
* 15% miscellaneous (technical reviews, sitting down and discussing long-term strategy, etc.)
- seivan 13y agoWould be cool to know what kind of problems is in hiring? Salaries too high? Too few people? Not enough within 60 miles?
- lpolovets 13y agoMostly finding high quality candidates (read: engineers), and occasionally helping with reference checks and vetting of key hires.
- zt 13y agoSpeaking of which, we could use some help with hiring, Leo. :)
- lpolovets 13y agoI read some good hiring advice on HN today... I'll forward it to you when I find the article ;)