Slides for TechCrunch Geek'n'Rolla event in London

1. Building a Team of Peers Andy McLoughlin

2. I am co-founder and product director at Huddle Huddle combines unified collaboration with social networking Huddle was launched in April 2007 Based in London, sales office in Chicago Doubling in size (users / revenue) every 4 months A little bit about us...

3. Was it really all plain sailing? December 07: 5 staff December 08: 30 staff

7. Build “a team of peers”

10. Finding talent Direct applicants FTW! We’ve used friends’ recommendations, blogging, speaking, twitter and networking events to successfully recruit great staff. LinkedIn, TechCrunch jobs, Monster and other job boards

11. Dealing with recruiters Dealing with recruitment agents

13. Interns – something for nothing? Interns: something for nothing?

15. Losing a friend Breaking up is hard to do

17. “ A place I'd want to work” Creating “a place I'd want to work”

19. Thank you! Email: andy@huddle.net Twitter: @bandrew