Sara Jones, CEO at ApplicantPro and Ryan Kohler, Founder and CIO at ApplicantPro present on hiring for startup growth, how to think about different phases of growth. Presented at StartSLC Jan 30-31, 2015.

2. HIRING FOR STARTUP GROWTH
Ryan Kohler
Founder & CIO
Sara Jones
CEO
@ryankohler @saradansiejones

3. THE APPLICANTPRO STORY
Hiring for Startup Growth
How to grow a successful
bootstrapped company
with underdogs

4. Which Stage Are You?
• MVP Team
• Traction Team
• Scaling Team
• Growth Team
Hiring for Startup Growth

5. Where Every Startup Wants to Be
Product
Strategy
DeveloperDesigner
Marketing
Strategy
Sales/
Resellers
Client
Success
Finance/
HR
Biz Dev/
BI
Hiring for Startup Growth

6. MVP Team Skills
Product
Strategy
DeveloperDesigner
Marketing
Strategy
Hiring for Startup Growth

7. Traction Team Skills
Product
Strategy
DeveloperDesigner
Marketing
Strategy
Sales/
Resellers
Hiring for Startup Growth

8. Scaling Team Skills
Product
Strategy
DeveloperDesigner
Marketing
Strategy
Sales/
Resellers
Client
Success
Finance/H
R
Hiring for Startup Growth

9. Growth Team Skills
Product
Strategy
DeveloperDesigner
Marketing
Strategy
Sales/
Resellers
Client
Success
Finance/
HR
Biz Dev/
BI
Hiring for Startup Growth

10. Hiring Questions For Each Stage
Hiring for Startup Growth

11. ASSESS THE
SITUATION
Hiring for Startup Growth

12. IDENTIFY
DISADVANTAGES
Hiring for Startup Growth

13. WORK WITH
YOUR
ADVANTAGES
Hiring for Startup Growth

14. PREPARE
FOR NEXT
STAGE
Hiring for Startup Growth

15. KNOW WHO
YOU ARE
Hiring for Startup Growth

16. WORKSHOP TIME

17. “HACKING” TALENT
• Part time employees
• Hire potential talent
• Work from home employees
• Contractors
• Consultants
• Mentors
• Resellers
• Clients
• Partners
Hiring for Startup Growth

18. FINDING TECH TALENT
• Contract v. Equity
• Partner dev resources
• Open source
• Integrations
Hiring for Startup Growth

19. Thank you!
Ryan@applicantpro.com
SaraJones@applicantpro.com
Questions?
Hiring for Startup Growth