Hiring Questions

Though I have come across many developers, I still cannot find where there might be a place where Senior developers who love to work in start ups can be found and who understand financial...

Hiring

asked Apr 20 '10 at 06:13

Stacey
484 points

When building a website in a bootstrapped startup, is it better to hire a web designer or outsource the work? All of the founders are coders and don't excel in web design. Apart from that, if the...

Hiring Outsourcing Design Web Dev

asked Mar 9 '10 at 23:53

Slavo
316 points

First of all I know that "sales and marketing" is my business it's not something to outsource. However I'm in a different situation: I don't have budget and the long-term commitment position to...

Marketing Sales Hiring Outsourcing

asked Mar 22 '10 at 19:17

The Dictator
2,305 points

I know it's dependent on the employer's background, but in general is more difficult to hire great marketing staff or product developers?

Marketing Hiring

asked Feb 24 '10 at 13:12

G Rex
683 points

What are the methodologies you use to determine if a person would make a great marketer? For instance, I may be looking for someone who has great instinct about what the market wants and able to...

Marketing Recruiting Hiring

asked Feb 26 '10 at 13:58

G Rex
683 points

I have a similar question to this one regarding putting your "startup" on your resume. I have a full time job and started a small company on the side. My startup isn't a product company - I've been...

Hiring Employees

asked Mar 5 '10 at 07:17

George Jenson
108 points

For many organizations that have achieved some level of success, effectively growing the staff, without compromising the overall quality of who you bring on board, is a critical challenge. What do...

Recruiting Hiring

asked Feb 16 '10 at 07:09

Chris Hagner
881 points

The ten years I've worked since graduating college have been for companies with more than 40,000 employees. I am being interviewed by a startup. The job seems to suit me and I am ready for the...

Hiring Interviews

asked Jan 21 '10 at 07:07

Dean Brundage
256 points

In the US, medical insurance is tied to the employer in the vast majority of cases. Paying for an employee health plan is beyond the means of many startups. Founders are often willing to take the...

Hiring Health Insurance Benefits

asked Jan 23 '10 at 02:31

Mark Beadles
502 points

I have experience in running a business, in marketing, research, strategy, customer service, business development, and I have some very important ideas that I want to transform into businesses....

Hiring Partner Business

asked Jan 28 '10 at 20:31

Kulpreet Singh
56 points

I'm working with a SaaS business with a non-technical founder/CEO and am looking for pros and cons for (1) building the software in-house vs (2) outsourcing version 1.0 to a consulting firm. From...

Hiring Development Outsourcing Consulting Saas

asked Jan 8 '10 at 07:39

Torrie
230 points

My bootstrapped startup (Textaurant ) needs some help with market research. Since we're so close to two of my alma maters (undergrad is ~1 mile, grad is ~5 miles), I figured I would reach out to...

Hiring Interns Employees

asked Jan 13 '10 at 03:10

Josh Sam Bob
1,578 points

If, for example, I have a company headquartered outside the US and going to work with US companies. What is the best way? Set up sales office in the US or hire independent sales person? What kind...

Sales Hiring

asked Jan 19 '10 at 11:05

Oyushche
36 points

One of the issues many small companies in the US run into is wanting to hire an employee (who let's say will work from his home) that lives in a different state. I've found that some of the...

Hiring Tax

asked Dec 23 '09 at 09:31

Dane
1,866 points

Over the years, I have had mixed results with hiring consultants for various jobs. I used to think that if they were referred, then that was good enough but that's not as consistent as I would...

Hiring Consulting

asked Dec 29 '09 at 23:49

Jarie Bolander
11,421 points

I'm currently hiring some part-time developer abroad and wanted to make sure that I made them sign all the needed legal documents. So, normally in those cases, what would you make those future...

Hiring Outsourcing Legal NDA

asked Dec 14 '09 at 15:59

Gommm
265 points

Our SaaS startup is (hopefully) getting our first customer soon, at which point we decided to bring in additional resources to accelerate development. The basic options is whether to bring in a...

Hiring

asked Dec 19 '09 at 05:14

Jean Barmash
195 points

I have been running my custom software and web development services as a one-man-show for 5 years now (I started working as a software developer right after graduation and after 3 years on the job,...

Hiring

asked Nov 10 '09 at 02:06

Lcyoong
13 points

I've read a lot of questions asking about how an MBA can find a technical person to implement their idea, but I haven't seen the other direction. As a technical person, I know that I can get my...

MBA Co-Founder Hiring Technical

asked Oct 27 '09 at 05:37

Paul Mc Millan
601 points

Inspired by this question, I want to know if people think a small startup (3-5 people) actually needs someone with an MBA. Especially if the group has reasonably diverse skills and isn't going the...

MBA Co-Founder Hiring

asked Oct 27 '09 at 08:30

Gabriel Hurley
785 points