How Recruiters Get Paid and Why They Deserve It
I find myself on the developer/recruiter fence frequently because I’m an occasional PHP developer who is learning Ruby on Rails while managing a team of Ruby on Rails programmers and serving as a HR and Recruiting Advisor to companies who are hiring developers. As a result I am a member of both PHP and Ruby [...]
Wanted: Consultants Who Care
Earlier today I got a call from an East Coast startup founder who is frustrated with their outsourcing experiences. They raised some Triple F cash and put it towards an offshore developer. That sucked so they put more of it towards two onshore developers. They aren’t sure if that is working so they are about [...]
Mastering Job Description Copy Is Hard Work
Writing a job description can seem like a simple enough task. You write a summary, list out responsibilities, add in a list of essential qualifications and skills, a blurb about the company, and details about how to apply for the job. So why is it that some jobs get tons of responses and others get [...]
The Price of An Aquisition To A User
Right now I’m reading my signed copy of Chris Anderson’s book ‘Free: The Future of A Radical Price’ which is fairly interesting. Having been in the startup space for a while I’ve tried to learn as much as possible about how startups monetize free websites. Interestingly, I had a conversation with a sales guy from [...]
No Brilliant Jerks!
Every company has something to say about their culture from an employer to candidate perspective. For some it is that they’ve got an environment full of smart peers, for others it is that they emphasize fun. Netflix took the time to sketch theirs. I love the part about no brilliant jerks. Great stuff that every [...]
Startup Metrics
At this weekend’s BarCamp I managed to miss my own discussion (it was part of the last flight of presentations that got cancelled due to time management issues that I will not go into, and both of Jared Goralnick’s presentations. The reason I missed one of his presentations was because it was a talk about [...]
The Functional Startup Founder’s Dilemma
If you have ever attended one of our Social Matchbox events you know that the playing field in the DC Startup Commmunity is anything but equal. You’ve got people who are riding on seed and angel investments courtesy of friends and family who contributed during the FFF (the “Friends, Family and Fools” stage of fundraising). [...]
Business Relationships That Matter
Earlier today I called up my personal insurance provider and the person who initially took my call thanked me for being a customer for 15 years. This phrase stuck with me after the call. I’ve been doing business with them for 15 years in that time I’ve never had to change insurance providers. Sure, they’ve [...]
Experimenting With Crowd Sourcing
Crowd sourcing has been a hot subject for a while now. While we have followed it for a long time we have never fully figured out how to integrate it into what we do. This isn’t for lack of a desire. We’re starting to think about creative ways to leverage crowd sourcing for different purposes [...]
Tagging Companies: Startup Company vs. Interactive Agency’
Every time we organize a Social Matchbox event we provide some very specific instructions about who can come and who can’t. A DC Startup Company can come, but a DC Interactive Agency can’t (unless they are accepted as a sponsor of the event). Unlike the rest of the events out there we curate the list of attendees to [...]
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