Hiring Questions

We are a young startup, founded by 3 members about a year and a half ago, and recently closed a seed-stage investment round. We are about to hire our first 3 employees, 2 tech, 1...

Hiring Employees Human Resources Stock Options

asked Dec 18 '12 at 17:25

Founder
11 points

I'm co-founding a startup in London and we're looking to find an iOS developer interested in working with us to create an early prototype. I'm the technical co-founder, while the other founders...

Hiring

asked Dec 19 '12 at 00:11

A Wonder
6 points

First question and this is on behalf of a friend of mine. I'm a student developer, so I was hoping someone around here could provide some tangible insight. My friend is not new to starting a...

Getting Started Hiring Entrepreneurs Saas Partnerships

asked Dec 3 '12 at 05:20

Tom Geoco
111 points

I want to hire a few developers and support executive for my website. Being an start up, I want to hire them to work remotely to save office expenses but I don't know anything about hiring full...

Recruiting Hiring Employees Remote

asked Dec 3 '12 at 20:32

Sourabh
288 points

I've started a company approximately 2 years ago that provides monitoring services for a niche cloud-based industry. My target customer base are IT and Development shops of various companies...

Marketing Hiring Advertising Promotion

asked Dec 6 '12 at 09:05

Igorek
886 points

We are a extremely small start up, just starting out and we need to hire our first marketer. The wages are low, but the work is fun. We put out an ad and many people have come back to us, but we...

Hiring UK USA

asked Dec 12 '12 at 04:17

Spoiled Techie.Com
102 points

As a decision maker in my startup I want to be better informed when contracting someone for a service, especially. Years ago I was led to believe anyone with a computer and good eye could easily...

Hiring Decision Research Contractor

asked Nov 8 '12 at 09:05

Robert Carr
11 points

Final question - you may recognize my other two. My partner invested about $10K into this business and I've got 4000K hours, and I charge $100.00 per hour, invested in this business. I think...

Hiring

asked Nov 15 '12 at 12:31

Calais
51 points

What is the best way to find an engineering position at a startup? Typical job listing sites don't often have postings for these opportunities. While I realize networking is key, how does one get...

Hiring Development Jobs

asked Oct 6 '12 at 15:16

Wwwuser
125 points

I've seen job listings for developers that offer salary + equity. Can someone please explain equity with an example or two? What is the typically amount of equity for a developer? Is there any...

Hiring Equity Salary

asked Oct 8 '12 at 17:43

Wwwuser
125 points

Imagine the following scenario: 1 founder and self proclaimed CEO , created an idea for a new website internet services, and started developing it. The core of the system is done, he decides that...

Co-Founder Hiring Angel Founders

asked Oct 15 '12 at 02:26

South
176 points

I'm a software developer and co-founder of a start up that's in a sprint to launch a web app the next 2 months. We have about 3 months of burn time we have before we need to get some funding. By...

Hiring Compensation

asked Sep 28 '12 at 03:58

Acjohnson55
181 points

Hear is my issue: I hired a freelance development firm to create a web app for my business. The developer is very talented and they produce great work. However, development has been very slow and...

Hiring Developers

asked Aug 27 '12 at 22:35

Jeff Gaudette
45 points

What skills are needed for a Junior Developer to join Start up firm (US,Europe)? I took part in Code Sprint-Interview Street,did Solve Engineering Challenges that is posted in few tech companies...

Hiring

asked Aug 14 '12 at 20:46

Restless
1 point

Does the concept of "Unlimited Vacation" increase productivity and attract talented employees ? I've read about it here, specifically: Unlimited vacation fosters productivity and loyalty because...

Hiring Ideas Employees Business

asked Aug 1 '12 at 23:57

User1510230
56 points

My startup is pulling $20,000 a month and in the position to add a new technical full-time employee in order to gain technical competitiveness. However, I'm troubled by my current situation. Few...

Hiring

asked Jul 21 '12 at 16:23

Johnny Kim
33 points

I'm an amateur because I have no formal technical education. I built my current startup through technical trial and error. I'm looking to bring in someone who is a professional and can secure my...

Hiring

asked Jun 11 '12 at 02:01

Johnny Kim
33 points

We are currently facing a dilemma as to whether should we hire interns from colleges (as their summer vacations are about to start) or should we approach some professional guys to build our...

Hiring Incubators Interns Website College

asked May 20 '12 at 04:50

Addi Xn
23 points

Background: I'm a tech guy with alot of product building experience I've built and recently launched a SaaS/cloud application for a niche market, targeting small-size companies The product...

Marketing Sales Hiring

asked May 23 '12 at 11:39

Cloud Mark
125 points

Like many fellow startups that we know, we've started like with one technical wizard who know a lot of stuff and who knows now where everything is and how it works. The system has undergone a lot...

Getting Started Hiring Employees

asked May 3 '12 at 06:00

Michael Durrant
227 points