Scaling a Business Against the Grain (Recruit Rockstars 411)
If you’re like most people, you think that printing things on paper has gone the way of the Dodo Bird. You’re be wrong. Combined, we still print over one Trillion pages in the US annually. Sure it’s declining a bit each year, but that remains a lot of used toner cartridges. Not to mention hassle. […]
How & Why to Say Goodbye to Rockstar Employees (Recruit Rockstars 410)
I just interviewed one of the top Growth Capital investors around. Todd Cozzens is Managing Partner of Transformation Capital, with 30+ years of experience in the digital health industry that includes founding, operating, building, investing in and exiting innovative companies. He has a rare history of creating value both as an operator & as an […]
How to Build a Team That Grabs the Gold Medal (Recruit Rockstars 409)
Being on an Olympic team is a life-changing event. From what I’ve heard (You don’t wanna see me on those Rings) But there’s one thing even better. More gratifying… And that’s coaching an Olympic team to victory. Seeing those under your charge go on to achieve unthinkable things. Break records. And change history. It’s breathtaking. […]
How a Talent-Savvy VC-Backed Company -Actually- Hires (Recruit Rockstars 408)
Just had a chance to interview Jon Stross. He’s President & Co-Founder of Greenhouse Software, the smart recruiting SaaS platform used by over 4,000 companies including Cisco, Airbnb, and Time Inc. He’s also Co-author of the new bestselling book Talent Makers, which reveals how talent-savvy companies find, land, and keep the best talent. Prior, Jon […]
Hiring Secrets of a Top Growth Equity Investor (Recruit Rockstars 407)
Scaling a company from $5M revenues to $50M to $250M isn’t just about a great product. In fact, that’s the easy part. Scaling a great team, which enables the business to scale, is far more difficult. So I sought out an expert to find out how it’s done. Carter Griffin is General Partner of Updata […]
How He Leads 50 Employees in 28 States (Recruit Rockstars 385)
Think your company has embraced being remote or virtual? Meet John Jahnke, CEO of Tackle.io Based in Buffalo NY, John leads a team of 50 employees located in 28 states. Tackle.io has created a Cloud Marketplace Platform that enables software companies to sell via the cloud. The Platform makes it easy to list software on […]
What Poker Teaches Us About Hiring (Recruit Rockstars 384)
How do you make your hiring decisions? If you’re like most people, you probably make a pro & con list, spend a ton of time obsessing about hires that didn’t work out, get caught in analysis paralysis, endlessly seek other people’s opinions, and wind up going with your gut. Hiring is far too important to […]
Entrepreneur Builds an Actual Ironman (Recruit Rockstars 383)
Love the movie Ironman? Or your childhood tv show The Six Million Dollar Man? Well, I recently met an entrepreneur who’s building a futuristic technology by recruiting a genius team. And his story inspired me. Coincident with founding his previous company, Drew Perkins developed cataracts in his eyes. He underwent cataract surgery to implant advanced […]
Recruit Rockstars 382: How to Lead Without Authority
You don’t become a leader just because of your job title or your location on the org chart. (And even if you do have the Chief title, you shouldn’t rely on it to show your people the way.) This reality is more important than ever, because work happens in networks. So, I wanted to find […]
Recruit Rockstars 381: Started 12 companies ➡️ Acquired 35 more
Start a company. Raise funding. Purchase an add-on company. Go public or sell it. These are no small feat. But fruitless, unless you also build a Rockstar team. That’s where Will Herman comes in. Along with Raj Bhargava, he’s co-author of the fabulous book “The Startup Playbook” Collectively, Will & Raj have: …Started 12 software […]
