Human Resources Questions

Looking to bring on some developers and using sites like Vworker.com. While looking for prices to offer I'd like to get an idea of what is a good price and a poor price for developers in different...

Salary Human Resources Budget

asked May 19 '11 at 06:29

John Bogrand
2,210 points

I recently read a news article (in Norwegian) that "the ability to cooperate" was essentially the only requirement for applicants, which was just as relevant 50 years ago as it is today, while...

Recruiting Employees Tools Human Resources

asked May 20 '11 at 20:26

David
1,567 points

In the past, I have worked on many different projects with groups of people ranging in size from 2 to 10. These projects have always flopped due to numerous issues, but one issue that has always...

Human Resources Partnerships Groups

asked May 14 '11 at 12:03

Skudd
1 point

I'm running a dating site and I have 3 volunteers working on the administration (approving photos, profiles, removing stalkers, etc). The problem I'm having is that they are, as volunteers, very...

Management Time Management Human Resources

asked Apr 26 '11 at 20:54

Sherif Buzz
462 points

I really wonder how do you hire your first employees if you were working on an internet startup alone. I really wonder if there are experienced people which started their startup alone and expand...

Co-Founder Human Resources Team Internet Hire

asked Apr 6 '11 at 14:08

To Rr0t
69 points

There is a lot of focus on the cost of employee turnover in companies. I am curious to know whether there are any studies on failure-rate of high-tech companies increasing if the turnover rate is...

Strategy Management Human Resources

asked Mar 28 '11 at 22:22

David
1,567 points

Do you think as an employer we should care about the employee's welfare? Should we care about our employees' financial difficulties, and raise their salaries [i.e because prices are going up] or...

Employees Human Resources

asked Dec 5 '10 at 07:59

Jpartogi
1,342 points

We're a software startup with annual revenue in the ballpark of half a million. We're completely bootstrapped, and have no current plans to take funding. We currently have 4 employees. We're...

Incentives Employees Human Resources Stock Options

asked Dec 11 '10 at 04:28

Polemarch
301 points

I'm currently doing some research into how companies manage employee holiday requests for a startup I'm considering. So, my question is: What do you use to manage holiday requests, and what...

Management Human Resources

asked Oct 27 '10 at 18:26

Codebeef
148 points

I remember at one point a startup will switch from offering ISO (Incentive Stock Options) to offering Non-qualified Stock Options (NSO) to employees? Can the startup decide which to offer, and...

Incentives Tax Human Resources Stock Options

asked Apr 25 '10 at 00:34

J Lynch
16 points

I know that to find leads in my business start up you have to blog, create webinars, SEO, PR, social networking and just do good rich content that can be easily found. So with no budget to do the...

Marketing Interns Human Resources

asked Apr 27 '10 at 06:32

Stacey
484 points

Looking at PEO (professional employee organization) providers - just wanted to get a sense for who else is out there other than TriNet. I only know about TriNet from Feld's AskTheVC blog:...

Employees Benefits Human Resources

asked Dec 13 '09 at 08:21

Sachin Agarwal
63 points