Category: Startup


The Easiest Way to Build a Hiring Pipeline

One of the most challenging parts of building a business is finding great people. I think that’s probably a universal struggle that businesses have. Everyone knows that great people are out there. But finding them and attracting them is decidedly difficult. But what if there was an easier way to find them? Well I’m glad …

Interviewing Programmers When You Barely Are One

I suck at writing code. It’s just not one of my strengths. This begs the question, how can one do a good job of finding someone who is good at the thing (programming) you aren’t? I know I’m not the only in this position. But this isn’t a question of finding people for a job …

Recruiting Around a Series-A

If you’ve ever heard the saying, “the second you think it’s time for HR, it’s already too late,” then you’ll know what I’m talking about in this post. SimpleReach, having recently raised a round of funding, is now heavily in to the recruiting process on all fronts. But there is a dichotomy that comes with …

Continuous Learning in Teams

One of the most important things in a startup is having a great culture. More often than not, the team will spend more time working and talking with each other than with their family or significant others (scary thought, but yes, it’s probably true). And I don’t want to harp on the importance of culture …

Culture of Product vs. Culture of Code

I was talking to Luke Melia of Weplay.com about various cultures of startup companies. We compared two ideas that we referred to as a culture of product and a culture of code. They similar in concept but require defining.

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