And learn more about how to make sure your company is prepared for another “War for Talent,” read this post from the OpenView Blog. Tune in to this OpenView Labcast to discover the keys to building a killer startup sales team. Related Content from OpenView:Īttracting top talent and building the right team is especially important in sales. Previously co-founded startups including Vungle, a. Grew last startup (Vungle) to double digit millions in revenue. Moved to San Francisco in 2011 as part of an audacious Linkedin hack to enter the incubator Angelpad. Ive raised over 10mil for companies that Ive founded. For more on recruiting alternatives that can land you top talent without breaking the bank, read Smith’s full post here. 24 year old entrepreneur, living in San Francisco, originally from London. In a post for Mashable, Smith offers five tips to help you save both time and money when hiring quality talent, as well as a few handy tools that can help you in your search for the right candidates, including White Truffle, TalentBin, and Entelo.

Luckily, recruiting isn’t the only option out there. “When trying to run a lean startup, the prospect of spending 20% or more of a hire’s salary on recruiter fees is not exactly appealing,” Smith says. Not only that, it also usually doesn’t come cheap. “Hiring…can be one of the toughest challenges of running a startup, as there’s so much competition - especially for engineers,” writes Jack Smith, co-founder of Vungle (subject of Mashable’s Behind the Launch video series). But that doesn’t mean it always has to cost an arm and a leg. It can also mean the difference between failure and success. Landing the right talent can be one of the most difficult aspects of launching a company.

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