It’s that time of the decade again – time for our democratic process to elect leaders to help make this country great, and no doubt one serious topic of discussion will be job creation. Today’s announcement however, isn’t about politics. Today’s announcement is about how you can play a small part of your own with [...]
Announcing the IdeaMensch road show
June 19th, 2012 by RleenaertsA mind that is stretched to a new idea never returns to its original dimension. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Every day at StartUpHire we get the privilege of working with companies and organizations that are bringing their ideas to life and to market. Every startup, every product, every disruptive process began as an idea, [...]
Silverrail Technologies
June 14th, 2012 by RleenaertsSummer is underway, and with that comes plans for travel for the majority of people. There are many ways to get to your favorite destinations, but only one method is truly eco-friendly (not counting walking) and that’s rail travel. This week I learned that rail travel is 90% more environmentally cleaner than air travel – [...]
Who Wants To Play The Hiring Games?
May 30th, 2012 by RleenaertsBy: Robyn Leenaerts There was a time that “gaming the system” was considered a bad thing, not so true these days. There’s a growing trend that we’ve been watching here within the startup-hiring ecosystem where companies are using contests or gaming as part of their hiring process. I saw this personally at NYC Tech Day [...]
What Can Facebook & HP Teach Us About Working For A Startup?
May 21st, 2012 by RleenaertsBy: Robyn Leenaerts There was an interesting course of events the end of last week. On Thursday, we heard news that HP was planning to announce the layoff of as many as 30,000 employees in order to protect their stock price and prop up disappointing earnings. This unfortunate news seemed a bit of a wet [...]
First hand insight to working at a startup
April 10th, 2012 by RleenaertsWe came across this great article on Nextgen Journal today. Author Lynne Guey interviewed employees at startup Fracture and asked their personal thoughts on working at a startup. Solid insight and definite themes of the need to be flexible and accountable. Just a few of reasons we think working for a startup is one of [...]
The art of the startup pivot
April 4th, 2012 by RleenaertsWe have a great guest blog from Karan Jain today. Karan recently participated in the Lean Startup Machine‘s Dc workshop March 23-25, and came out with a new appreciation for the power of the pivot. We thought this would be great insight for you- enjoy! Pivots are everywhere or how I learned from my [...]
Startup interview question: What kind of manager are you?
April 2nd, 2012 by RleenaertsIdentifying your Management Style By: Jeff Patterson The idiom says “it takes all types,” and this is certainly true in technical environments. Some managers are at their best when on the floor with the staff, getting involved with the workflow. Others are more comfortable behind the scenes, prepping procedures and fine-tuning contingency plans. There is [...]
Hiring programmers in Boston vs. New York vs. Palo Alto
June 7th, 2010 by StartUpHire blogIs it easier to hire programming talent in Boston than in New York or Palo Alto? Taking the data for the just finished Entrepreneur’s Census [conducted by the Yale School of Management], the answer is apparently yes—the average time to fill a job opening for programming talent is less in Boston than it is in [...]