Growth cheat code: Use fractional hiring to stay on plan when cutting costs
If you want to grow your team while still cutting costs, fractional hiring may be just the solution you’re looking for.
Retention as a hiring metric
Hiring for growth is the best kind of hiring. At Gun.io, we believe there is one number that is the ultimate measure of how good you are at hiring: employee retention. We define this as the measure of time, in months or years, that someone voluntarily stays with your organization before moving onto another job.
How I hired a guy from Home Depot to run operations
Moral of the story: if you see the potential in someone, be persistent. They just might be your next COO. In 2013, we had just finished going through an incubator (one I found by googling “Nashville Startups”), where I learned for the first time about venture capital. Prior to this incubator, I had no idea […]
Interview with Samantha John, Co-Founder & CEO of Hopscotch
In this episode, we speak to Samantha John, Co-Founder and CEO of Hopscotch, about the amazing things kids can create when they have access to software tools, why coding isn’t just for boys, and what landing an investment deal on Shark Tank is really like.
Interview with Kate O’Neil, Co-founder & Head of Marketing at Teaming
In this episode, we speak to Kate O’Neil, Co-Founder and Head of Marketing at Teaming, about key identifiers for a strong team, where most leaders get it wrong, and how Teaming is helping leaders improve engagement, communication, goal setting, and psychological safety for their team members.
Interview with Nick Gavronsky, Co-founder & CEO of Welcome
In this episode, we speak to Nick Gavronsky, CEO and Co-founder of Welcome, about the power of appreciating people in your product, the need for more transparency around compensation for employees, and how his team at Welcome is improving pay equity and equality across the board for the companies on their platform.
Interview with Gabe Batstone, Co-founder & CEO of Contextere
In this episode, we speak to Gabe Batstone, co-founder and CEO of Contextere, about doing good and making money at the same time, why raising money is a goal, not a victory, and how personal relationships pay off more than your technology.
Interview with Rachel Van Nortwick, Founder & CEO of Vinylly
Rachel Van Nortwick, CEO and Founder of Vinylly, talks about the compatibility solution Vinylly has solved in the dating application space, the lessons she learned as a non-technical founder, and her experience hiring freelance technical talent with Gun.io
Interview with Sam Lessin, Co-founder & Co-CEO of Fin
In this episode, we speak to Sam Lessin, co-founder and co-CEO of Fin, about his journey from the VP of Product Management at Facebook to coding boot camp, his “human in the loop” approach at Fin, and the dirty secret about all CEO’s.
Interview with Eoghan McCabe, Chairman and Co-founder of Intercom
In this episode, we speak to Eoghan McCabe, Chairman and Co-founder of Intercom about making your own space in the SaaS market, transitioning to a new leadership position after 10 years, and the excitement of wearing a lab coat. Eoghan provides strategic leadership to Intercom and previously held the role of CEO. Before he co-founded […]
Interview with Andrew Glover, Director, Delivery Engineering at Netflix
Teja is joined in this episode of the podcast by Andrew Glover, Director, Delivery Engineering at Netflix to discuss his entry into programming, navigating his way through a career spanning big and small companies, and finding value in stepping towards management.
Interview with Kristie D’Ambrosio-Correll, VP Engineering at MIRROR
Teja sits down with Kristie D’Ambrosio-Correll, VP Engineering at MIRROR in this episode of the pod to talk about how MIRROR is revolutionizing the home workout market with their uniuqe approach to fitness tech.