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HiringandFiring
ArekHajduk
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Today’stopic
„Hiring”acofounder.
Recruitmentconsidera?ons.
Recruitmentmistakes.
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WhydoIneedacofounder
Doingstartupishard.
Doingstartupaloneisharder.
Youneedcompleteteamwithcomplementaryskills.
Ideasdonotwin.Teamsdo.
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Idealcofounder
Differenttasks
Youhavecomplementaryskillsets
DifferentrolesBothintermsofpersonalityandjob
Samevalues&mo3va3on
Forcofounder:noexcep?ons
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HowdoIfindone
Lookforpirateswheretheyhangout.
Talkaboutyouridea/passiontopeople.
Makepeoplewanttoworkwithyou.Testpossiblematchesonquickprojects.
StartupWeekend,StartupSprint,OpenSwarm,etc
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Quickadvice
Neverskip„theformali?es”.
Youdon’tneedtotalkvianotaryand/orlawyer.
Shakehandandapieceofpaperareenough.
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Hiringconsidera?ons
Func3onal
Skills,experience,competencies.
Cultural
Values,whatwebelievein.
Role
Expecta?ons,ambi?ons,developmentpoten?al.
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Whowillfit
Cultural
Mostimportantatastartup.
Youneedalwaysaculturalfit.
Role
Personalityandambi?onfit.Func3onal
Competenciesandpoten?alfit.
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Mostcommonmistakes
Hiring„now”,underthepressure.
Hiringexpertstooearly/toolate.
Notthinkingthroughwhatthejobrequires(e.g.specialistvsmanager)
Missingpoten?al(goodforshorttermonly)
MissingcompetenciesPersonalconflicts.
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Quickadvice
Alwaysberecrui?ng.
Founder:beertest.
Hiring:supermarkettest.Hireslow,firefast.
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Followup
Forthefollowupinfo
Watchandcommenth^p://youtube.com/ZapytajVC
Goodluck!