Podcasts about startup hiring

Hey everybody! This week on The Modern Recruiter, I had a fantastic chat with Steve Bartel, founder of Gem, about a topic close to my heart: recruiting strategies for early-stage startups. Steve and I go a long way: We both started companies in the Recruiting space around the same time, we both have a very strong Recruiting CRM (though we're going after different audiences) and we both share the belief that recruiting should be closer to selling.What makes this episode special and so valuable is the preparation that went into it: literally years. We based our conversation on Steve's excellent guide, Startup Hiring 101, that he personally crafted and refined over time, based on his own experiences as well as the hundreds of companies they worked with at Gem.This episode is a bit different from the usual: it's tailored more for startup founders. However, I believe there's also a lot in it for first recruiters at startups, recruiters broadly involved in the startup ecosystem, and agency recruiters working with early-stage companies.We discussed the unique challenges of building a founding team head-on. How do you balance speed, quality, and process when you're just starting out? What strategies can you use when you have no employer brand to lean on? How do you compete with tech giants for top talent? How do you build a diverse team from the ground up?If you're working with early-stage founders, do them a favor and forward them this episode!Here are some key takeaways:* Recruiting = sales Steven emphasized the importance of viewing recruiting as a sales process. He shared, "Recruiting is very similar to sales. And I think that analogy is really helpful and it can be very clarifying because a lot of founders, while they haven't hired for a startup before, many of them have done sales." This mindset shift can help you approach hiring more strategically.* Focus on your network firstFor early-stage startups, leveraging your personal network is crucial. Steven explained, "Where small startups need to focus first and foremost is their network. And a lot of that what that's going to come down to is like the founders actually rolling up their sleeves and sourcing first degree connections." This approach can lead to higher conversion rates and better cultural fits.* Always be closing (and selling) Steven shared a great tip about closing candidates: "My number one recommendation for like the interview process is actually to always be closing and always be selling, and treat every single conversation with a candidate as an opportunity to get them more excited about your job and about your company." This constant engagement can make a huge difference in your success rate. On that topic, you can also listen to The Modern Recruiter #63: A masterclass to improve your candidates closing rates* Understand candidate motivations One of the biggest mistakes startups make is moving to offer too quickly. Steven uses one of the most valuable questions ever in recruiting: "Ask them, what would it take to get you to an eight or what would it take to get you to a nine or if they're even if they're a nine, ask them, what would it take to get you at a 10 out of 10?" This helps you address any concerns before shifting the conversation to compensation.* Build a diverse founding team We touched on the importance of diversity in your initial team. "Making sure that your initial team is diverse is going to make it much easier to then hire female engineers and a lot of more diversity. And if you don't do this, it'll get harder."There's so much more packed into this episode, including tips on sourcing strategies, common mistakes to avoid, and how to compete with larger companies for talent.So, what do you think? If you're a founder, do you already apply these strategies? Have you faced similar challenges? And if you're a recruiter, was it interesting for you to hear an episode aimed at a slightly different audience? I'd love to hear your thoughts and experiences. Just hit reply and let's chat!For those interested in learning more:* Check out Gem at https://gem.com/* Learn about HireSweet at https://www.hiresweet.com/* Follow Steven on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-bartel/* Follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rbchoy/Wishing you successful hiring, RobinP.S. Once more - if you found this helpful, don't forget to share it with your founder friends and clients. Valuable content for them! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit themodernrecruiter.substack.com

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Welcome to the latest episode of SaaS Fuel, where we dive into the world of startups, leadership, and company culture. In this insightful discussion, our guest, Beth Nevins, founder of developa.io, shares invaluable insights on the critical role of empathy and soft skills in leadership within the fast-paced startup environment. From emphasizing the importance of translating emotions into effective business communication to navigating the challenges of scaling company culture, Beth brings a wealth of experience and practical advice for founders and people leaders. Join us as we explore the intersection of empathy, company values, and talent strategy in driving success in the startup world.Key Takeaways00:00 Tornadoes hit several states, causing injuries. Lessons: stay calm under pressure.06:08 Supporting team members through tough times is crucial.09:41 Transitioned from talent to leadership, now consulting.13:04 Strategic talent acquisition and scaling for success.15:44 Audit revealed talent strategy was fundamentally off.19:02 Consider early hires' ability to attract talent.23:18 Challenges of scaling without proper training.26:14 Founder's role is crucial in shaping company culture.28:20 Post-fundraising: anticipate, and prepare for changes.34:36 Many factors contribute to success in ventures.38:04 Defining impact, business model, and values.38:58 Customers care, capabilities align, values differ, and founders struggle.42:54 Employees must understand high risk and potential rewards.48:13 Emphasizing the importance of empathy and soft skills.51:01 Culture is key to company success.54:04 Industry experts share insights, offering strategic tools.Tweetable QuotesQuote: "Logo seduction and logo focus on its own, you know, and not coupled with any due diligence or as you and I just both rightly said, you know, some of that situational relevance is finding the right logo within that situational relevance." — Beth Nevins 00:19:44The Challenge of Scaling and Hiring Fast: "If you're growing headcount very fast, the challenge that you have with that, if managers aren't trained and you decide then to optimize for low process and high collaboration, you need training." — Beth Nevins 00:23:45Quote: "And how that team makes decisions, how they work will filter down in terms of the rest of the company. And you can absolutely see it, and I've been there before where 2 departments are not working very well together." — Beth Nevins 00:27:16The Impact of SaaS on Business Models: "Well, I think it comes down SaaS as as I said, the root cause is defining what impact actually means." — Beth Nevins 00:38:04Building Empathy in the Workplace: "So when you have better relationships, you have better trust. And when you better trust, you have better engagement and performance. So that empathy piece around the business is very, very important." — Beth Nevins 00:48:47Staying Calm Under Pressure: "The first thing that really stood out to me is the importance of staying calm under pressure. And when everything around you is in turmoil, being able to keep a level head and make rational decisions can make all the difference in the world." — Jeff Mains 00:01:50Quote: "And remember, leadership isn't just about a title, it's about making a positive impact and guiding others toward success." — Jeff Mains 00:07:17Quote: "This AI-powered device automatically adjusts your business strategies based on the intensity and direction of economic and competitive wins, ensuring that you remain steady no matter what kind of storms are swirling around you." — Jeff Mains...

In this episode of HR Heretics, Nolan and Kelli chat all things “data from Carta” with Peter Walker, Head of Insights and Data Storytelling at Carta.They discuss Carta's comprehensive report on startup compensation trends in H2 of 2023 influencing the flow of “dry powder” and the alarming increase in startup shutdowns. Peter proves VC's will have less leeway in 2024 to throw good money after bad forecasting an even tougher year ahead.The team also discuss honesty in HR around equity structures, including liquidation preferences, and Peter offers advice for job candidates on evaluating startup offers with an investor's mindset. HR Heretics is a podcast from Turpentine.Share this with your friends, forward to your enemies. Hit subscribe now.This episode is brought to you by AttioAttio is the next generation of CRM. It's powerful, flexible and easily configures to the unique way your startup runs, whatever your go-to-market motion. The next era deserves a better CRM. Join OpenAI, Replicate, ElevenLabs and more at https://bit.ly/AttioHRHereticsKEEP UP WITH PETER, NOLAN, + KELLI ON LINKEDINPeter: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterjameswalker/Nolan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nolan-church/Kelli: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellidragovich/TIMESTAMPS:(00:00) Intro: Peter Walker and Startup Compensation Trends(00:39) VC in 2023: Dry Powder and Capital Deployment(03:02) 2023's Investment Distribution: Early vs. Late Stage(07:43) Startup Shutdowns and Future Predictions(11.13) Sponsor Ad: Attio CRM(12:09) The M&A Market for Startups(15:05) The Impact of the Economic Shift on Startup Hiring and Industry Trends(21:59) Job Offers in Today's Market(22.30) Valuations and Equity in Job Negotiations(24:07) Key Questions Candidates Should Ask About Equity(25:34) Understanding Equity and Liquidation Preferences(27:59) Transparency in Startup Equity(30:17) Educational Resources and Support for Job Candidates(34:22) Options vs. RSUs in Late-Stage Companies(37:35) Startup Compensation(41:21) The Equity Dilemma: Exercising Options and Market Realities(42:32) Post termination Exercise Window(43:49) Wrap This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hrheretics.substack.com

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Join us for a compelling journey into the heart of modern recruitment in this episode of 'Good For Profit'. This time, we sit down with Alan, a seasoned professional with a unique perspective on the corporate and startup worlds. Dive deep into the tactics that distinguish companies that attract and retain top talent, where business success and social impact go hand in hand. In this episode, we explore: The transformation of talent retention strategies: Understand why professionals are increasingly changing jobs and how companies can attract the right individuals. The shift from traditional to meaningful recruitment: We examine the gradual move away from CV-centric evaluations towards a more purpose-driven approach. Cultivating a powerful workplace culture: Learn about the intricacies of creating a work environment that boosts employee engagement. Tune in to reshape your understanding of recruitment, as we provide actionable insights for creating a thriving, feedback-rich workplace culture that not only fosters growth but also aligns with your company's vision. Don't miss out on this essential guide to revolutionising your talent strategy! If this episode resonates with you, please like and share it with others who might benefit from these insights

Join us for an authentic discussion that could elevate your career or entrepreneurial journey! This week, Reda invites Sakib, who is Technology Consultant at Deloitte and entrepreneur in Vancouver, BC.  In this engaging episode, Sakib shares wisdom on self-belief, maintaining a growth mindset, and provides an exclusive look into his hiring process for software developers in the businesses he founded.  Whether you're in tech or aspiring to launch your own venture, this conversation offers practical advices! CONNECT WITH THE HOST: ⁠Reda El Maazi⁠ CONNECT WITH THE GUEST: ⁠Sakib Hossain  Ready for more insightful episodes? Hit subscribe now to stay updated! If you love my content, support me with a 5-star rating. Thanks for tuning in!

Ever wondered how hiring strategies vary for different stages of a company? Get ready to decode the ins and outs of hiring in startups and scale-ups with host James Mackey and guest Kaitlyn Knopp, Founder & CEO of Pequity. Learn about the importance of hiring slowly, evaluating candidates, minimizing risk in hiring decisions, aligning on compensation, and fostering open and honest conversations in the hiring process.   0:36 Kaitlyn Knopp's background   1:21 Hiring strategies and lessons learned 10:29 Evaluating talent and interviewing for a startup15:44 Leadership qualities and hiring process Thank you to our sponsor, SecureVision, for making this show possible! Our host James Mackey Follow us:https://www.linkedin.com/company/82436841/#1 Rated Embedded Recruitment Firm on G2!https://www.g2.com/products/securevision/reviewsThanks for listening!

In this episode, you'll gain invaluable knowledge on startup hiring, retention, and salary strategies. Listen as industry experts, including Doug Camplejohn, CEO and Founder of Airspeed, and host James Mackey, share their expertise on cultivating a successful startup ecosystem. Learn why hiring slowly and firing quickly can be the key to building a high-quality team and discover the "awesome test" that helps you identify top talent instantly.Efficiency is crucial for startups, learn how to streamline your hiring processes for maximum effectiveness and find out how documenting processes can be an asset that evolves with your business.    0:33 Doug Camplejohn's background   1:13 Hiring strategies and efficient processes16:18 Remote work culture and onboarding24:26 Employee retention and compensation strategies Thank you to our sponsor, SecureVision, for making this show possible! Our host James Mackey Follow us:https://www.linkedin.com/company/82436841/#1 Rated Embedded Recruitment Firm on G2!https://www.g2.com/products/securevision/reviewsThanks for listening!

In this podcast, we discuss the importance of hiring the right people for a business. We call upon the wisdom of Adib Bamieh from Bamboo Orchard who suggests that therea re three core characteristics you should look for when hiring someone: self-motivation, communication, and humility. He also suggests that it is important to understand what a potential hire does in their previous role and how much impact they have in their team. The conversation then moves on to the tech boom of the last few years and how many people find themselves in specialist teams with not much work to do. This leads to a discussion of the importance of understanding what a potential hire does in their previous role and how much impact they have in their team. The conversation then moves on to the difficulty of gauging self-motivation in an interview. Alan shares his own experience of making decisions based on intuition and reception. The main points of discussion in this podcast are:The importance of hiring the right people for a businessThe traits that should be looked for in potential hiresThe importance of understanding what a potential hire does in their previous role and how much impact they have in their team

What if you could ensure every hire on your startup team was a perfect fit? Discover the secrets behind skillful recruiting in our fascinating conversation with Rick Girard, an expert in executive recruiting for startups. Rick shares his insights on the importance of screening candidates for alignment with your company's core values, builder mindset, and transferable skills. He also highlights the significance of startup founders honing their interviewing skills to avoid costly hiring mistakes.During our chat with Rick, we also delve into the role of personality tests like Enneagrams and MBTI in the hiring process. While these tests can be valuable tools for understanding team dynamics, Rick cautions against relying on them as the sole basis for decision-making. Instead, he underscores the importance of evidence-based assessments and prioritizing core values. Furthermore, Rick shares his experience in training salespeople and recruiters, as well as his innovative software creation to streamline the process.Lastly, Rick and I discuss the high stakes of startup hiring and why we value each hire at a million dollars. We emphasize the need for focusing on values and character when attracting top talent and explore how tech tools like Rick's software can help eliminate bad hires and save startups from sinking under the weight of costly mistakes. Join us for this insightful and engaging episode with Rick Girard as we uncover the critical aspects of building a successful startup team.The Investor Friendly Real Estate AgentWelcome to the Investor Friendly Real Estate Agent Podcast where we look at real...Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifyBuzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the showSubscribe to Side Hustle City and join our Community on Facebook

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Hard Truths About Startup: Hiring, Firing & Culture   There has not been a sector so widely lauded and intensively covered by the press that tech startup / tech scale up. We hear a great deal about the extraordinary growth, market leading competition and often cutting edge technical and cultural innovation. But beyond the hype, what really lies underneath the world of startup?   We are going to be talking hard truths about startup - the hiring, the firing and culture.   - What makes startup different? - When does it become a scale up? - When does it stop being a startup? - Top 3 skills / traits a recruiter should have to thrive in this environment - Top 3 things that we know are true but we don't talk about enough - What are the most important things to get right when you start - First 100 days what do they look like? - How do you balance 'getting stuff done' with sustainable process?   All this and more with Meggy Sailer, Author (Culture Up), Anessa Fike, Interim Head of Talent Acquisition (NPR) & Robert Krzyzaniak, Global Head of Tech & Product Recruitment (Forto)

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Join us in The BreakLine Arena for a fascinating conversation with Kenny Mendes, Head of Finance, People, & Operations at Coda.In this episode, Kenny shares an incredible journey that placed him front and center in some of Silicon Valley's most exciting and influential tech companies. When asked about career he states, "I'm obsessed with building exceptional startups and believe talent is one of the biggest success drivers."As one of Coda's earliest employees, Kenny helped the company grow from a private beta to a product used by more than 25,000 teams globally. Kenny was the first recruiting hire at Box and led the recruiting team from 2009 to 2014. Under his leadership, the talented individuals that he hired and mentored at Box are now driving recruiting at top companies like Airtable, Notion, Databricks, Affirm, Miro, Asana, and Fastly.Kenny is also the founder of Startup Hiring, an intimate live course for founders, CEOs, and company builders to become amazing at hiring.If you like what you've heard please like, subscribe, or rate The BreakLine Arena on your preferred streaming platform! We would also love to hear your thoughts, feedback, or recommendations on the content we are creating. Feel free to reach out to us at questions@break-line.com.To learn more about BreakLine Education visit us at breakline.org.

Listen to Manoj, a recruiter at Amazon (Ex - Freshworks and Uber) talk about his journey into the world of recruiting. But, that isn't all. Manoj also throws light on the recruiting process in startups and provides several useful tips on what candidates should do in order to be discovered by recruiters. P.S. This episode is an edited version of a webinar that was conducted on the same title.

Our latest guest is the co-founder of Talkdesk, one of Portugal's first unicorns. She is also a venture capitalist at Indico Capital Partners and was recognized in the Forbes “30 under 30” in 2016. Meet Cristina Fonseca, the Portuguese entrepreneur who is now looking to re-imagine customer experience in her latest startup Cleverly.ai.In the latest episode of The Orbit Shift Podcast, we talk to Cristina about her journey building her previous startup, Talkdesk. What she looks for in a startup as a venture capitalist with Indico Capital Partners and about all things hiring, including how she sets up processes to hire recruits, collaborate with other department heads, give feedback, and fix recruiting errors without burning bridges.  Get $10,000 free credits to use Freshworks products (including the brand new Freshworks CRM packed with AI-based lead scoring, phone, email, activity capture, and more) by joining the Freshworks for Startups program. Click here to check eligibility.About the GuestCristina Fonseca is an expert in Artificial Intelligence technologies. She is currently the co-founder and CEO of Cleverly.ai, an AI platform that makes customer service teams more efficient across multiple channels. Cristina is on the Singularity University Faculty as an expert in Artificial Intelligence and Entrepreneurship. She is also an investor, Partner at Indico Capital, and tech entrepreneur. She co-founded Talkdesk, an early Portuguese unicorn that made Cristina recognized as “30 under 30” by Forbes in 2016.Sign up for regular updates from The Orbit Shift Podcast.The Orbit Shift Podcast is powered by Freshworks Inc., a global SaaS company headquartered in San Mateo, California. If you enjoyed listening to this podcast, consider giving us a five-star rating on Apple Podcasts. Host and Producer - Jayadevan PKAssistant Producer - Shashwath JAudio Engineer - Rajesh Subramanian  

How do you scale your startup from three to thirty to three hundred people without losing sight of your company's culture, values, and mission? When do you bring in specialists, put in processes at your startup?In this episode of The Orbit Shift Podcast HR leader and CHRO of Freshworks Suman Gopalan talks about how a company can scale its people function, how to set up an HR function from scratch and scale it as your company scales, how to avoid conflicts between new recruits and the old guard, and how to retain your company's culture and manage employees in a remote post-pandemic workplace. Get $10,000 free credits to use Freshworks products (including the brand new Freshworks CRM packed with AI-based lead scoring, phone, email, activity capture, and more) by joining the Freshworks for Startups program. Click here to check eligibility.About the GuestSuman Gopalan is the Chief Human Resource Officer of Freshworks. She has more than two decades of experience in various human resource functions. She spent ten years in various HR roles including Executive Director HR at Dell. She was also the Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at The Nielsen Company. Suman has graduated from XLRI, Jamshedpur with an MBA in Human Resources Management. Sign up for regular updates from The Orbit Shift Podcast.The Orbit Shift Podcast is powered by Freshworks Inc. a global SaaS company headquartered in San Mateo, California. If you enjoyed listening to this podcast, consider giving us a five-star rating on Apple Podcasts. Host and Producer - Jayadevan PKAssistant Producer - Shashwath JAudio Engineer - Rajesh Subramanian  

This week we bring you a special episode that's all about hiring for startups. It's the last episode of this year and we've been busy lining up guests for the next season. In the last four months, we've had 16 guests on the show and we asked many of them about how they look at hiring. This episode features Cal Henderson, the co-founder of Slack, investor and advisor Elad Gil, Rahul Chari, the co-founder of India's largest payments company, Tyler Sloat, the Chief Financial Officer of Freshworks, Yamini Bhat, the co-founder of Vymo, Jose Morales, the Chief Revenue Officer of Freshworks and a few others. We talked about hiring engineering talent, product managers, sales leaders, chief financial officers, and so on. Check out the Freshworks for Startups program, where we give out $10,000 worth of free credits to startups that are looking to engage with their customers better. We also have white-glove onboarding, mentorship, and resources for startups that are part of the program. Sign up for regular updates from The Orbit Shift Podcast.The Orbit Shift Podcast is Powered by Freshworks Inc. a global SaaS company headquartered in San Mateo, California. If you enjoyed listening to this podcast, consider giving us a five-star rating on Apple Podcasts. Host and Producer - Jayadevan PKAssistant Producer - Shashwath JAudio Engineer - Rajesh Subramanian  

Hiring in a startup is an incredibly challenging job with a lot of moving parts and Shannon Collier, Director of Talent, stopped by to share some amazing tips. Shannon has been a Director of Talent for multiple startups and more established organizations with over twenty years of talent acquisition experience.  On this episode we discuss: - How to recruit for and learn about a role you have no background in. - Establishing your reputation and internal brand with hiring managers and executives - Job searching during COVID-19 - How to build an employer brand from scratch - Working with junior executives and hiring managers who have not hired before BONUS: Check out our free eBook for podcast listeners. 

Storytime With Managers is a collection of twenty minute conversations where Jennifer Tu finds answers to questions of interest to both established and budding leaders in technology fields. How do you win candidates when bigger companies can offer more money? What changes can you make to your interviews to get your candidates excited about your company? In Episode 23, Jennifer Kim (@jenistyping on Twitter) shares her expertise around hiring, and we dive into what's different about startup hiring. Show references: Startup Recruiting Bootcamp Tell us what you think of our podcast! We're on Twitter as @wecohere. ---- Our theme music is by Kevin MacLeod (CC-BY): www.orangefreesounds.com/electronic-ambient-easy-listening-music/ We are edited by Mandy Moore and the Dev Reps team (http://www.devreps.com/). Tell us what you think of Storytime With Managers! Twitter: @wecohere

Maddy Cross, Talent Director at Notion Capital, is this week's guest on The SaaS Revolution Show. She talks about Notion's recent research report: The Unicorn Hiring Trajectory. This looks into the hiring trends of SaaS unicorns compared with other high-performing (but not unicorn) businesses. When Notion invests in a startup, 80% of that capital goes on headcount - growing the team. But how do the choices you make - when to hire, who to hire - affect the growth trajectory of your company?

Dan Martell, five-time SaaS founder and founder of SaaS Academy, talks retaining top talent on this week's episode of The SaaS Revolution Show. This episode was his keynote session from SaaStock West Coast 2019. He looks at the main reasons employees leave companies, and gives SaaS founders a strategy for keeping a pulse on your team so there's no surprise departures.

Brian Delahunty is the Head of Reliability at Stripe, and was the Site Lead who helped them open and hire for their Seattle office. Throughout this process, he talked to leaders at over a dozen companies who led an HQ2 effort, and learned what worked and what didn’t. Today, he’s sharing those lessons with us.In this episode, we talk about how he used recruiting as a partner to grow the Seattle office, why Stripe Seattle’s culture is different than Stripe San Francisco, and how managing chronic pain helps him empathize as a manager.

This week Phil Chambers, CEO and co-founder of Peakon, is chatting to Alex Theuma on the SaaS Revolution Show, live from Slush 2019. They discuss Peakon's latest report looking at why people leave their jobs. They discuss trends and common themes in employee attrition, the importance of your onboarding process, and the times and reasons when employees are most at-risk of leaving your company. Phil shares some of his lessons in managing people, running distributed teams across multiple regions, and how he keeps healthy and balanced as founder and CEO.

Liam Martin is the CoFounder of staff.com and timedoctor.com. Combined, they have 40+ employees in 9 different countries and specialize in remote long term employee management. Liam also runs the Running Remote conference, which is the world’s largest remote conference specifically designed for building remote teams.In this episode, we talk about how to transition from a co-located development team to a remote team, and what to look for in your first remote hire.

Gregory Koberger is the founder of ReadMe, a company that helps dev teams create and manage documentation and monitor APIs. He founded ReadMe after working at several startups in Silicon Valley, including Mozilla, and finding himself writing documentation for all of them.In this episode, we talk about how he uses Challenge Coins to build community, human connection to drive out toxicity, and builds a technical interview that doesn’t feel like a pop quiz.

Ariel Camus is the Founder and CEO at Microverse, a YC-backed distributed school for software engineers. They are available anywhere in the world, and they don’t charge students anything until they get hired. In this episode, we talk about why remote workers are so much better at documentation than co-located workers, the practices that help hiring managers hire remote junior developers, and how Ariel launched a coding school without writing a single line of code.

This week, we bring you part two of our conversation with Doug Gaff. Doug is the VP of Engineering at Zapier, the software solution that helps your other software work together more effectively. As the leader of an organization with over 100 engineers, he has learned a lot about effective management and leadership.In this episode, we talk about Doug’s management style and what questions he asks everyone who says they want to get into management.

Doug Gaff is the VP of Engineering at Zapier, the software solution that helps your other software work together more effectively. His team recently crossed the 100 engineer threshold and they’re currently going through some exciting transitions as an organization. Their current inflection point has them moving from a functional focus to a vertical product focus. We’re excited to share what Doug has learned through this transition. In this episode, we’re going to dive into Zapier’s organizational structure and learn how his team plans to scale to the next 100 engineers and beyond.

This is the final week of our community questions series, and we saved the best for last.We're not talking about hiring...we're talking about what comes next. How can we build a world-class onboarding process that keeps our new teammates engaged from day number one? In this episode, we chat with folks from large companies who have learned a lot about effective onboarding to find out what makes their process different.

The most common questions we get are about technical assessments. It's an area of concern for a lot of engineering leaders. Some believe their technical assessment is costing them great-fit candidates. Others believe they're not getting good enough information from their technical screening process.In this episode, we dive deep into actionable insights that we can use to build effective, information-dense technical assessments. We talk to engineering leaders across the country who have gotten great results from their technical assessments to learn what makes them different, and what pitfalls they've managed to avoid.

There's a tension in hiring, especially with software developers. If I hire too slow, candidates withdraw. If I hire too fast, I may hire the wrong person. In this episode, we talk to engineering leaders who have threaded that needle to figure out what makes their process work. We'll discover the simple process changes that had the biggest impact on reducing their time-to-hire. We'll also learn about the importance of information density, and how we can build information-dense technical screens that are better for both candidates and hiring managers.

Some hiring managers are elite at finding diamonds in the rough. In this episode, we're going to learn why. This week, we talked to hiring managers across the country to learn what they do differently in their hiring process to find great-fit engineers that other leaders miss. We'll also find actionable steps you can take today to find more hidden gems in your hiring pool, so you can spend less time and money on headhunters and more time building great software.

On this week's episode, we're talking about hiring. More specifically, how do we find the candidate sources that are bringing us the best candidates?If our methodology is flawed here, it could bias our entire hiring process, leading to worse outcomes and more homogeneous teams. In this episode, we're learning the best practices from hiring managers across the country so we can find better candidates and hire faster.

This week, we're talking about the scary side of a really exciting day...the day our startup raises a major round of funding. Unfortunately, more money can mean more problems. The act of raising Venture Capital looks less like receiving a cardboard check from Publisher's Clearing House and more like hiring a new boss. In this episode, we talk to engineering leaders across the United States who have gone through a big fundraise and learn from their experience. We'll discuss what processes broke, and what they wish they knew before the big check arrived.

Usually, we feature interviews with engineering leaders who have experienced high-growth. For the next few weeks, we're changing things up a bit. Our team has talked to hundreds of engineering, HR, and recruiting leaders in the past year. As a result, we’ve heard a lot of the same questions over and over again. We wanted to pose those questions to our guests and provide insights from across the country.In this series, we sit down with engineering leaders from large companies like Stripe, AngelList, and Drift. We also talk to smaller companies that are growing fast with (and without) venture funding. Here are some of the key questions we’ll answer over the next few weeks:What hiring and management practices break on our team after a major round of funding?How can we tell if a recruiting source is actually bringing in the wrong candidates?What tricks do hiring managers use to uncover developers that other hiring managers may miss?How can we speed up our hiring process without sacrificing quality?What do top hiring managers look for in an A+ technical screening process?

Ryan Carroll is the VP of Engineering at Zylo, a SaaS company that helps you manage your SaaS spend. Last year, Zylo raised a $9M Series A round of funding, and they’ve been on a high-growth path ever since. Ryan has already hired 20 engineers to-date, and has plan of hiring ten more in the next year.In this episode, we discuss why the best teams don’t take agile directly off-the-shelf, and how a big round of funding changed his team structure and hiring process.For notes and a full transcription of the episode, visit woventeams.com/35. Special Guest: Ryan Carroll.

David Odmark is the Co-Founder and CTO of Greenlight Guru, a quality management software platform designed for medical devices companies that has undergone a ton of growth in the past year. Today, David oversees an engineering team of about 20, and is planning on ramping up hiring in the year to come.In this episode, we discuss the difference between being a valuable company and being a good company, how quality systems can help us move faster, and whether or not there’s truly an answer for work/life balance.For notes and a full transcription of the episode, visit woventeams.com/34.Special Guest: David Odmark.

Rukmini Reddy is the VP of Engineering at Abstract, a design management system that centralizes design decisions, feedback, Sketch files, and specs for your team. It’s kind of like Github for design. Abstract has raised over $50M in VC dollars since their founding in 2015. Today, Rukmini oversees their engineering team of about 45, and will be expanding to 60 within the next 18 months. In this episode, we discuss how she’s used feedback to get better, how she attracts less traditional candidates to engineering roles on her team, and why the “10x engineer” trope is harmful to women in the engineering field.Link to Rukmini's blog about engineering leadership as a woman of color: https://www.abstract.com/blog/engineering-leader-lessons/For notes and a full transcription of the episode, visit woventeams.com/33. Special Guest: Rukmini Reddy.

Why is raising capital more celebrated than building a business that is actually profitable? It may be a smarter play to join an actual business rather than a "concept company". A bootstrapped company should be more attractive to people but for some reason, it is not. Today we are out to prove that driving a good business does not require venture capital and You do not need VC money to attract and hire the right talent.    Today’s Quote: "Bootstrapping is a way to do something about the problems you have without letting someone else give you permission to do them."  - Tom Preson-Werner, co-founder of Github Guest Bio: Meetul Shah CEO of DemandMatrix, Inc., is a tech entrepreneur, having successfully built 3 companies prior to starting Demand Matrix. His “entrepreneurial” vision and inspiration comes from his desire to create and bring products to the marketplace that can help solve problems he himself has faced in his career. The combination of his years as a successful entrepreneur combined with his tenure at Microsoft has given a strong shape to his business acumen and technical expertise. Meetul has been featured in several major publications, like CIO, NYT, WSJ, Washington Post, Huffington Post, Venture Beat, and more.   If you were to ask him to introduce himself in less than 5 seconds, he’d probably just say he’s an idea machine, health freak, and wine lover! He is deeply passionate about Sales and Marketing Productivity given his time working for and selling to enterprise companies like Microsoft, DocuSign, Google, Cisco.  Show Highlights: Bootstraping! What is it? Challenges & benefits to hiring in this type of organization A Process to hire when you do not have money to burn What is Bootstrapping?  A bootstrap is a business launched by an entrepreneur with little or no outside cash or other support. Why Bootstrap your company?  When you take the capital, you take more risks in hiring. You make bad hires under the pressure of VC money.  The pressure to hire outweighs common sense.  Challenges faced while hiring  Viewed like you don't have money May not be able to afford people because salaries are supported by the business.  Lowering standards because people are not biting. Desperation takes over and you hire whoever you can.  Hiring is misunderstood in startups  False perception- you have money, you hiring  Early-stage it costs the company a lot when you make a bad hire! Rick’s Input: VC money opens doors but it  Attracting people who are brainwashed by funding yet you will probably won't get a dime when the company exits Solutions (what you learned): As an Entrepreneur, where to Start? Understanding yourself, who you are Supplement & compliment people to support core values.  Hiring community understand and can divide and conquer  Structure your process to allow for successful hiring Hire a really good TA person Build a recruiting process.  -find a recruiting process, glassdoor Don't be desperation and be non-bias and do not ignore the warning signs Badmouthing employer, blaming others, sharing things they should not share (internal information), bad culture, bad boss Rick's Process: Determine what the business needs, set performance metrics  Build interview questions to gauge with company value alignment Formalize an interview structure for “Purpose” predetermined questions Timed Behavioral-based interviewing (like Amazon) Communication/Feedback channel  Key Takeaways: 1. Know yourself, and the values you care about  2. Pay attention to the warning signs 3. Build a solid business foundation so you can use VC money "as a fuel in the fire" to align incentives/goals

Radoslav Stankov is the Head of Engineering at Product Hunt. He actually took over the post from our last guest, Andreas Klinger, and Andreas wanted us to follow up with Rado to learn about some of the changes he’s made. In this episode, we dive into the impact that “single-player mode” has on remote work and how Rado uses checklists and clear expectations to ensure his team gets onboarded effectively. For notes and a full transcription of the episode, visit woventeams.com/32. Special Guest: Radoslav Stankov.

In this special episode - the first in our ‘Coach Mike’ series - producer Drew Zias is joined by Mike Suprovici (Founder Institute EIR). Together, they discuss the number one reason why startups fail: conflict between founders. The topic of the day is Startup Hiring, and Mike outlines how to build a strong team and avoid some of the most dangerous mistakes for an early-stage company, along with: How to onboard co-founders, and early employees How to deal with equity splits How to define your values as a company For more insights from FI, subscribe to our newsletter at https://fi.co/subscribe/ If you have a pre-seed startup and you're looking to join an accelerator, apply at https://fi.co/join/podcast

Andreas Klinger is the Head of Remote at AngelList, the largest remote hiring job board in the world. After building multiple remote teams at companies like CoinList and Product Hunt, Andreas has become one of the preeminent voices in the remote work movement.In this episode, we discuss how Andreas uses metrics for de-risking instead of politics and how he builds an onboarding process that makes it easy to scale remote engineering teams.For notes and a full transcription of the episode, visit woventeams.com/31.Special Guest: Andreas Klinger.

Melissa Leffler is the VP of Engineering at Drift, a chat software and conversational marketing platform based out of Boston that has grown a ton over the past few years. In the past 5 years, they’ve raised $107M in funding. They have 75 developer on staff and are showing no signs of slowing down in the next few years.In this episode, we discuss how Drift changed Melissa’s mind on the power of small teams, how she uses incident response to guide her team, and the one question she asks to unlock the biggest problems in her department. For notes and a full transcription of the episode, visit woventeams.com/30.Special Guest: Melissa Leffler.

Will Larson is the author of my new favorite engineering management book, An Elegant Puzzle: Systems of Engineering Management, and this week, we’re answering listener questions about real-life situations with him.Will has been an engineering leader and software engineer at technology companies of many shapes and sizes including Digg, Uber, and Stripe. He currently leads foundation engineering at Stripe, where he is responsible for the infrastructure and platform organization. If you haven’t heard of Stripe, they’re a huge player in the online payment space, building the economic infrastructure for the internet. They’ve raised over $700M to date and show no signs of slowing their growth any time soon.For notes and a full transcription of the episode, visit woventeams.com/29. Special Guest: Will Larson.

In this episode, Arne and I discuss Internet of Things (IoT) market. What is the current state of the market, barriers to adoption, product development in, new opportunities for entrepreneurs in this market, and interconnectedness with Cloud, AI, Semiconductors. We briefly discuss common hiring mistakes at Startups.

Will Larson is the author of my new favorite engineering management book, An Elegant Puzzle: Systems of Engineering Management. Will has been an engineering leader and software engineer at technology companies of many shapes and sizes including Digg, Uber, and Stripe. He currently leads foundation engineering at Stripe, where he is responsible for the infrastructure and platform organization. If you haven’t heard of Stripe, they’re a huge player in the online payment space, building the economic infrastructure for the internet. They’ve raised over $700M to date and show no signs of slowing their growth any time soon.In this episode, we talk about the importance of increasing your offer acceptance rate, how Stripe defines developer productivity, and why sometimes, the best policy is to throw away your policies.For notes and a full transcription of the episode, visit woventeams.com/28.Special Guest: Will Larson.

Peter Cullen is the Product Architect at Dispatch, a software company that enables businesses to order a courier directly from the driver. Based out of Bloomington, Minnesota, they’re fresh off of a nearly $8M Series A and are looking to grow their engineering team substantially in the next year.In this episode, we talk about why it’s important to keep the wheels greased for remote communication, even if your team is all local. We also talk about why Peter hired someone else to manage the people side of the engineering department, and how to decide whether that decision is right for your team. For notes and a full transcription of the episode, visit woventeams.com/27.Special Guest: Peter Cullen.

Skyler Nesheim is the VP of Engineering at Dwolla, a fast-growth FinTech scale-up. They’ve raised over $50M in venture dollars to connect enterprises to the US banking system. The Dwolla team has built one of the most disruptive products in the enterprise FinTech space, all from Des Moines, Iowa.In this episode, we talk about how to build a microservice architecture as we scale, how to incorporate customer feedback into our product vision, and why we’re not Google… and that’s a good thing.For notes and a full transcription of the episode, visit (woventeams.com/26).Special Guest: Skyler Nesheim.

Jake Miller is the CTO and Co-Founder of MetaCX, an Indianapolis-based startup that raised a $14 Million dollar initial round to revolutionize the Customer Success industry. Before starting MetaCX, he was an engineering leader at ExactTarget and Salesforce. In this episode, we talk about why we should never say no to PTO, how algorithms make diversity worse, and how he focuses on building a balanced team instead of a senior team.For notes and a full transcription of the episode, visit woventeams.com/25. Special Guest: Jake Miller.

Ron Lancaster is the CTO of Structural, a Minneapolis-based platform that allows clients to create an internal people network powered by both data science and people science.In this episode, we talk about making hard decisions as a leader, building a hiring plan that adapts as you grow, and hiring the best available player instead of a less talented specialist.For notes and a full transcription of the episode, visit woventeams.com/24. Special Guest: Ron Lancaster.

Jason Wong is an engineering leadership consultant who focuses on Diversity and Inclusion. His past lives include engineering roles with Yahoo! Sports, Etsy, and Blink Health.In this episode, we talk about the difference between diversity and inclusion, and why that difference is important. We also touch on some of Jason’s favorite management and hiring practices.For notes and a full transcription of the episode, visit woventeams.com/23. Special Guest: Jason Wong.

Kyle Gunderson is the President and CTO at Revel Health, a Minneapolis-based software company that uses advanced analytics and AI to create health action programs that improve the health of people on an individual-basis. He’s a tech veteran, with over 20 years of leadership experience and multiple high-growth teams under his belt. In this episode, we talk about how he uses data to navigate tough conversations about his product roadmap. We also learn about how he attracts top-talent without building a remote team, and how he uses a score card to make smarter hires.For notes and a full transcription of the episode, visit woventeams.com/22.Special Guest: Kyle Gunderson.

Charity Majors is the CTO at Honeycomb, a startup that builds observability for distributed systems, and this week, we’re diving into part two of our conversation with her.Charity’s team is on a mission to make monitoring less cumbersome so that being on-call can suck less.In this episode, we talk about how to hire the right seniority mix for your team and ensure you see everyone at their best, both when they’re interviewing for a job and once they’ve started. For notes and a full transcription of the episode, visit woventeams.com/21. Special Guest: Charity Majors.

Charity Majors is the CTO at Honeycomb, a startup that builds observability for distributed systems.Occasionally, we have a conversation that’s so much fun, we need to break it into two episodes. This is one of those weeks. We recently sat down with Charity, and the result is one of the most thoughtful discussions we’ve had on our show to-date.Charity’s team is on a mission to make monitoring less cumbersome so that being on-call can suck less.In this episode, we talk about when pain and discomfort is okay in your professional life (and when it’s not). We also talk about hiring practices and why more people should quit their job.Charity's Blog on stepping aside as a CEO: https://charity.wtf/2019/04/30/on-pain-careers-and-doing-things-the-hard-way/For notes and a full transcription of the episode, visit woventeams.com/20Special Guest: Charity Majors.

Bob Lauer is the VP of Engineering at Lambda School. Lambda School has been in the news a ton for the way they’re revolutionizing the financial model of education. Today, we get to talk with one of the architects of this revolution. For those of you who aren’t familiar, Lambda School is a coding academy that aims to help anyone, from any background, get a high-paying job in software development. In this episode, we talk about the importance of speed at an early-stage startup, why deliberate communication is essential for remote teams, and how we can be more productive by removing distractions. For notes and a full transcription of the episode, visit woventeams.com/19.Special Guest: Bob Lauer.

John Harden is the Principal Software Engineer at Kerauno. Kerauno is a workflow and communication software company that just raised a $25M Series A. When he’s not leading a high-growth development team, he’s mentoring for two coding academies, Eleven Fifty and Kenzie Academy. Hiring coding bootcamp alumni is a controversial subject in development circles, and I’m excited to dive into it.In this episode, we talk about his experience both hiring and mentoring coding bootcamp alumni, finding mentorship early in your career, and the importance of “tech jams” when scoping a project.For notes and a full transcription of the episode, visit woventeams.com/18. Special Guest: John Harden.

Max Yoder is the founder and CEO of Lessonly, a team learning and training software company that raised a $8M Series B in late 2017. Max’s team is dedicated to helping people “Do Better Work,” which is where he got the title of his new book, Do Better Work: Finding Clarity, Camaraderie, and Progress in Work and Life. In this episode, we talk about vulnerability, sharing work before you’re ready, and why leaders don’t always know the answer (and that’s a good thing).For notes and a full transcription of the episode, visit woventeams.com/17. Max’s book is available here.You can subscribe to Max’s weekly note here.Special Guest: Max Yoder.

Miles Sterrett is a Partner at Fretless, a custom software development shop that helps software companies level-up their software chops. Miles’ team specializes in coming into high-growth teams and acting as an interim software leader. He has worked with startup and scale-ups to help them overcome technical debt and build the engineering team that can help them hit their future product goals.In this episode, we talk about ways he reduces stress, reasons to hire out of a coding bootcamp, and how to give effective feedback to your team.For notes and a full transcription of the episode, visit woventeams.com/16You can listen to the Manager Tools podcast here. https://www.manager-tools.com/all-podcastsSpecial Guest: Miles Sterrett.

This week, we're doing something different. Instead of talking to one engineering leader about a broad range of topics, we talked with a collection of engineering leaders about one topic: How do you screen for technical talent? In this episode, we talk to:Jon Lavender, CTO at DragosAdam Perelman, CTO at AffinityRyan Carroll, VP of Engineering at ZyloRyan Rusnak, CTO at Airspace TechnologiesJeff Stickel, CTO at KeraunoFor a full transcript of this episode, woventeams.com/15.

Today’s a really exciting day for us. Our startup just acquired a New York City-based tech hiring platform called Headlight. We're sitting down with Wayne Gerard to talk about this transition. We wanted to know what they’ve learned while uncovering some of the best software engineers in New York City. Over the past two years, they’ve uncovered hidden gems and made the hiring process better for both developers and hiring managers. What’s more, they did it in one of the nation’s most competitive job markets. We could all learn something from their story.For a full transcript of this episode, visit woventeams.com/14.

Christine Spang is the Co-Founder and CTO of Nylas. Nylas’ API powers communications in software applications, taking data from 4.5 billion inboxes worldwide and connecting it directly to productivity, sales and marketing apps. Nylas has raised $30M in funding and has 20 engineers across 4 teams. In this episode, we talk about her entrepreneurial journey, building a support network as a founder, and building a diverse team with less bias. For notes and a full transcription of the episode, visit woventeams.com/blog/christine-spang/Special Guest: Christine Spang.

Amjad Masad is the founder and CEO of Repl.it. Repl.it is a Y Combinator-backed online development environment that helps developers learn, build, collaborate, and host all in one place. They’re on a mission to make programming more accessible. In this episode, Amjad shared why he believes that discovery great people is the key to great teams. He contrasts that with talent identification, which is about credentials and resumes. For more information, notes, and takeaways, visit woventeams.com/blog/amjad-masadSpecial Guest: Amjad Masad.

Mitch Stewart is the co-founder of Guru, a software company based out of Pennsylvania that is working with companies like Shopify, Square, and Spotify to unify their team’s collective knowledge and empower them with information when they need it most.In this episode, we talk about some of the management practices that have made Mitch successful at Guru. We dive into his transition from developer to manager, and the lessons he learned about building and motivating teams along the way.For more information, notes, and takeaways, visit woventeams.com/blog/mitch-stewartSpecial Guest: Mitch Stewart.

Austin Broyles is the Director of Engineering at Primer, a Bay Area company using AI to parse and collate a large number of documents across several languages. In this episode, we talk about Austin’s experience transitioning into a management role at Google and how he is splitting leadership between machine learning and pure software engineering teams in his current role. We also dive into the story of how he increased his offer acceptance rate by being smarter about sandwiches.For more information, notes, and takeaways, visit woventeams.com/blog/austin-broyles. Special Guest: Austin Broyles.

Eric Tobias is a Partner at High Alpha, a Venture studio that conceives, launches, and scales next-generation enterprise cloud companies. In this episode, we chat about how he parlayed an early love of basketball and bootlegged music into a passion for the internet, how he grew his first team at batteries.com during the dot-com era, and the lessons he learned starting and scaling iGoDigital, which he sold to ExactTarget, which he helped sell to Salesforce. For more information, notes, and takeaways, visit woventeams.com/blog/eric-tobias. Special Guest: Eric Tobias.

Ade Olonoh is the founder of two companies with similar names and very different stories.Formstack is an online form builder that has witnessed slow, steady growth since its founding in 2006. In their first month, they had $75 in Monthly Recurring Revenue and today, they’re clocking in at seven figures.Formspring was an anonymous social Q&A app that grew from zero users to over a million users in 45 days, making it at the time, the fastest growing social network in historyThose two experiences give Ade a unique perspective on the differences between hyper-growth and steady growth because he’s lived both sides. In this episode, Ade will share what he’s learned about fast growth, as someone who naturally a steady approach.Special Guest: Ade Olonoh.

Jacob Kaplan-Moss talks to us about managerial practices he believes in, as well as practices he’s sick of, in this week's part two of his interview. One central thesis: Our teams perform better when we treat them like adults. For those who missed part one, Jacob Kaplan-Moss is a veteran software leader and the co-creator of Django, the python web framework that powers Pinterest, Eventbrite, and Instagram. I built my last startup on Django, so speaking with him was a huge pleasure.Special Guest: Jacob Kaplan-Moss.

Jacob Kaplan-Moss is a veteran software leader and the co-creator of Django, the python web framework that powers Pinterest, Eventbrite, and Instagram. In addition to authoring the book, The Definitive Guide to Django, Jacob has also led teams at 18F and Heroku. Today, Jacob is considered one of the foremost experts on hiring for software teams that are in that “adolescent” phase between start-up and scale-up.Today’s episode is the first of a two-part interview that we did with Jacob. In today’s interview, we discuss ways that we can reduce bias in our hiring process and how the Satir Change Model can help us navigate the challenges associated with rapid growth without losing our minds. Special Guest: Jacob Kaplan-Moss.

Randy Syring is the Chief Executive Developer at Level 12, a custom software development organization in the Louisville area. Randy’s story is a fun one. Growing up, he didn’t have any aspirations to get into software development at all, and today he runs his own software development shop.Originally, Randy wanted to fly Apache helicopters in the Army. Eventually, he set his sights on becoming a pastor. Ultimately, neither of those career paths panned out, and he stumbled into software development and never looked back. Special Guest: Randy Syring.

Roger Deetz is the VP of Engineering at Springbuk, a fast-growing scale-up in our hometown of Indianapolis. Before that, he was the Vice President of Engineering at Angie’s Home Services where he led their software engineering modernization project. I got a lot out of this conversation with Roger and especially enjoyed the discussion of the juxtaposition of development work and management work. The transition from what helps us feel productive as a software engineer compared to an engineering team leader is a transition that a lot of people struggle with, Roger’s story illustrates ways that you can help your new engineering managers overcome the psychological barriers to leadershipSpecial Guest: Roger Deetz.

Raman Ohri is the President of SEP. He builds software teams that helps his clients build exceptional software and systems. SEP is different from many software development shops because their clients work directly with the software engineers themselves.This adds tons of value for the client, but it also makes every new hire more risky. Every software engineer he brings on will be responsible for representing the SEP name to a client, so Raman needs to avoid making the wrong hire at all costs. This has led his team to adopt extremely thorough, risk-averse hiring practices that make it extremely hard to make the wrong hire. In this episode, we’ll explore those hiring practices and uncover how you can leverage these tactics in your organization. Special Guest: Raman Ohri.

Micah Weaver is the CTO of Bloomerang, a donor management software company for nonprofits. In our conversation, Micah opens up about suffering a panic attack early in his role as CTO and the impact that experience had on his life, and I’m eager to share this powerful conversation with you.Early in his career, Micah never thought he would be the type of person to suffer a panic attack. He had always considered himself a low-stress individual, great at rolling with the punches. Then, one day, driving home from work, it happened. That experience went on to shape his management style and ideology on work.Special Guest: Micah Weaver.

Steve Caldwell is the VP of Data, Infrastructure, and Security at Springbuk where he leads a fast-growing team that has been hiring like crazy over the past year. Steve has become a widely-respected software leader who is able to grow and manage highly effective development teams. What often gets left out of that conversation, however, is the frequency with which those lessons are learned through trial and error.In our conversation, Steve opens up about the lessons he’s learned about effective hiring and management, including lessons he learned the hard way. We talked about the hidden expenses of hiring, and ways that your scale-up can hire more effectively when you’re growing quickly. Special Guest: Steve Caldwell.

My name is Wes Winham, and I want to help you scale your engineering team. Listen to this episode to understand why I'm passionate about helping your team scale, and what I hope you get out of our podcast. This show is brought to you by Woven. At Woven, we help software teams hit ambitious hiring goals. We do that by improving the fuzziest step in the hiring process: candidate screening. By giving every candidate a fair chance to show what they can do, our customers find more great candidates and back their decisions with evidence to remove bias. If you want to learn more about how Woven could help you scale your development team, check us out at woventeams.com.

On this Scaling Session podcast, you'll hear hiring tips from Maren Kate Donovan, a Silicon Valley Founder Institute Graduate and the Founder of AVRA Talent Partners. Maren has helped build several startup teams in her career, and in this interview she shares some important lessons on finding talent, keeping talent, and building a well-rounded team. The interview was conducted by Mike Suprovici (EIR at FI, and the Leader of Grad Support Group). This podcast is produced by the Founder Institute. We're an idea-stage accelerator that works with solo-entrepreneurs and teams during the earliest stages of their business. In our 3.5 month program, participants build their companies via a structured process, receiving feedback and assistance from successful entrepreneurs and investors. Our alumni join a global network of entrepreneurs and receive ongoing help to get funding and scale. So far, our alumni have raised over $800M in funding, and they're building some of the world's fastest growing companies.

Hiring is challenging, from sourcing candidates, screening and interviewing them. For startups, it’s hard to reel in the best candidates and convince them to commit to your startup and its mission. In this talk, Sonny Lee Miller, experienced hiring professional share some advice on how to attract and hire the right talent. His advice would help you immediately enhance your recruiting efforts. Watch Video Interview: http://bit.ly/29ltJ05 Check out Coursebirdie: https://coursebirdie.com Subscribe on iTunes: apple.co/1tBmCuf Like Coursebirdie on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/coursebirdie Follow Coursebirdie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/coursebirdie Follow Abhilasha on Twitter: https://twitter.com/abhlshachauhan

On this episode of CanCon, the team discusses the current state of diversity in tech - and it's relation to Canada's hiring gap - and the future of bots, racist or otherwise. Canadian content clip: "Hand in My Pocket" by Alanis Morissette (under fair dealing)

When you're screening applicants who want to join your startup, how can you assess who will be the best choice? Read the full blog post ► http://blog.close.io/my-startup-hiring-interview-hack-why-why-why

Epizoda 21. „Collabim, rok poté” [51 min] S Jirkou Koutným o jeho web aplikací Collabim. Rok od jejího spuštění a devět měsíců od našeho posledního povídání. Dostaneme se od statistiky, přes zaměstnance, podporu, marketing až na BarCamp. Na obláčku – Collabim blog Collabim na Twitteru OnStartups.com - Startup Hiring Delivering Happiness Excellent Analytics Podnikatel.cz – Jirka doporučuje po očku sledovat, jaké kulišárny na vás státní správa zase chystá Jirkova přednáška „Start-up (skoro) zadarmo” ze Vsetínského BarCampu Pracujte pro Collabim… Stáhnout epizodu v MP3 [51 min] Autor hudby je Discofield.