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Building a Team of Peers Andy McLoughlin
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...
Was it really all plain sailing? December 07: 5 staff December 08: 30 staff
Dear God, no! ,[object Object],Hell no!
The early days ,[object Object],Building a great team is really, really hard work You rarely get the chance to pick a team from scratch so make it count
Things we've learnt ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Build “a team of peers”
“ A team of peers” ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
“ Bet on openness, build trust” ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
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
Dealing with recruiters Dealing with recruitment agents
Recruiters: a cheat-sheet ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Interns – something for nothing? Interns: something for nothing?
Interns: a cheat sheet ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Losing a friend Breaking up is hard to do
“ I’m giving you my notice” ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
“ A place I'd want to work” Creating “a place I'd want to work”
Creating that place ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Thank you! Email: andy@huddle.net Twitter: @bandrew

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Huddle.net - Hiring a Team of Peers

  • 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
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  • 7. Build “a team of peers”
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  • 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
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  • 13. Interns – something for nothing? Interns: something for nothing?
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  • 15. Losing a friend Breaking up is hard to do
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  • 17. “ A place I'd want to work” Creating “a place I'd want to work”
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  • 19. Thank you! Email: andy@huddle.net Twitter: @bandrew