Hiring Questions

I have relatively little experience with recruiting, determining compensation and hiring for startups since this is my first go at it. My approach is that there isn't a single right answer on...

Recruiting Hiring Equity

asked May 3 '12 at 15:10

User1195763
6 points

We're all familiar with the traditional shared equity arrangements in a startup; Some contribution = Some % of shares (thus equity) in the company, which may or may not payoff down the road at...

Bootstrapped Hiring Equity Royalties Stocks

asked Apr 16 '12 at 12:18

Inator
106 points

we are a start up and we have to make a decision on how to deal when we have to write any documents/presentation(technical/marketing/pps/etc). Let's say by instance that I have been contacted by a...

Getting Started Hiring Documentation

asked Apr 23 '12 at 19:22

Massimiliano Peluso
172 points

I have 500 paying customers and 7000 free users grossing about $7k a month and growing fast. I'm tied down at least for several hours a day to handle daily maintenance and answering technical...

Hiring

asked Mar 12 '12 at 03:21

User106377
96 points

I have bootstrapped a startup in NY and am ready to hire a person. Should I hire this person as a contractor or as an employee. I realize that there are many laws and logistics around hiring an...

Hiring Employees Independent Contractor

asked Feb 25 '12 at 08:06

User15995
42 points

My guess is as in most cases existing relationships and/or validated relevant past experiences are a great start, but wondering on a ad-hoc basis what the best way to evaluate startup co-founders...

Co-Founder Hiring

asked Mar 2 '12 at 06:33

Blunders .
899 points

I am the CEO of a rapidly growing startup and our growth has begun to outpace our resources as a 3 person organization. So we have begun looking around for people to hire, both as programmers, as...

Getting Started Hiring Employees

asked Feb 8 '12 at 07:55

Jason
279 points

Background: I'm both administrative staff for a university, and I'm the owner of a small business. I've been working with a particular student at the university on some university grant work, and...

Hiring Legal USA Conflict Of Interest

asked Feb 2 '12 at 05:03

Smokris
121 points

My sister and I started a small company. I don't mind working with her. So far, we've been doing well and have managed to keep our professional issues separate from our family life. The problem is...

Hiring Employees Human Resources

asked Feb 2 '12 at 18:13

March Robert Philip Serrano
152 points

My company has finally gotten to a place where we can hire a second developer, and I was wondering if anyone had suggestions for doing recruiting (that are hopefully cheap). I've posted to...

Hiring Developers

asked Jan 25 '12 at 06:01

Bwasson
1,162 points

I am interested in developing a rules engine to help automate and create some of my everyday business and product functions. I'm not a developer by trade, so I have been looking to connect with...

Hiring

asked Jan 4 '12 at 04:15

Jeff
154 points

I have contacted a sales rep with good experience and his recommendations are good. But he is interested in salary jobs that pay 80k, with me his 25% is six figures and he only has to sign 8...

Sales Hiring

asked Dec 24 '11 at 14:38

Sergio Alvarez
46 points

I've recently been headhunted by a startup a year old which I am very interested in leaving my current position in a large established business in the same industry for. There are a number of...

Hiring Equity Salary

asked Dec 25 '11 at 08:39

Scotland
51 points

I interviewed for a NYC startup who told me their perks are free groceries from an online grocer, an office kitchen with nice appliances, and he has no problem with me bringing a sleeping bag to...

Hiring

asked Dec 9 '11 at 03:40

Len
376 points

I am 1 year into my own Startup Software business and all is going well. We have enough money to hire someone and after pushing 90-130 hours a week for the last 4 months, I think it's a sensible...

Hiring Employees Education Contractor

asked Dec 17 '11 at 19:45

Optician
106 points

We are a small software based start up in NJ, we recently got a couple of projects from Canada and we're loving them. We came across this guy in Canada, he is very talented and we think he will...

Hiring LLC Legal Canada USA

asked Dec 5 '11 at 08:02

Varchar1
33 points

When would you know, as a startupper, that your company needs to hire an in-house secretary to offload some of the non-mission critical work? How do you manage delegating tasks vs. making sure that...

Hiring

asked Dec 6 '11 at 20:19

Dan Dascalescu
168 points

We're a new startup, based in a developing country. There are some good developers geographically close to us, but they're in very high demand and mostly taken by the existing big companies, and...

Hiring

asked Nov 29 '11 at 22:42

Hss
157 points

To follow up on my post earlier this month on programmer testing when hiring, let me ask a followup question. Do you skip the programming test if an applicant has a certification in the skill?

Hiring

asked Nov 22 '11 at 00:34

Patrick Ny
300 points

How old do my kids have to be before I can hire them as employees in my software company (doing clerical tasks)? Clarification : I'm asking what age can I legally (in the US) employee them and pay...

Hiring

asked Nov 11 '11 at 08:45

Clay Nichols
737 points