Startups need to move fast - so why waste hours reviewing endless low-value resumes? When building a company, every hour matters. Yet founders and early teams often spend hours (sometimes days) sifting through resumes, trying to spot the right candidate. That’s valuable time

Ask me anything: Hiring for Pre-Seed to Series A stage startups After placing 100's of technical hires into early-stage startups, I've seen every hiring challenge imaginable - from "Should I hire a senior engineer or two juniors?" to "How do I assess culture fit when I'm still

After almost a decade placing talent in startups... Here are the red flags founders ignore in early hires (then call me 6 months later to replace them): - The "I'm overqualified" candidate They emphasize their senior title from BigCorp constantly. Reality: they want startup

Do people installing wifi get a bonus for creating as much mess as possible?

Best decision Apple made - get rid of iTunes

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Anyone have any legitimate reasons to "build in stealth"? I always thought feedback is pretty useful...

Any idea how to do outreach and make it obvious you are human? Thinking LinkedIn and email...

Hot take: If you're a pre-seed or seed founder doing all your own hiring, you're probably NGMI. I've watched too many brilliant founders spend 20+ hours a week screening LinkedIn & resumes, doing initial calls, and "building culture" through their hiring process. Meanwhile,

Funny watching countries destroy and grow their futures simultaneously

Which messaging apps can avoid chat control in Europe?

Founders - after almost a decade recruiting for early-stage teams, these are the 3 most common traits that make top engineers say "YES" to a startup: • Clear product conviction • Transparent communication • Real ownership Anything missing?

The 7 objections you'll hear when closing candidates (and exactly what to say) You've spent weeks sourcing, screening, and selling. The offer is out. Then comes the pause, the hesitation, the "I need to think about it." Here's the truth: objections aren't rejections. They're

How to close the candidates you actually want (before your competitors do). Losing your top candidate to a counteroffer or competing offer? It's probably not happening at the offer stage, it's happening during the interview process. Consistent communication is everything.

Anyone know a tool to edit out the Sora from videos?

Correct Tesla stickers 👍

Apple, please sort out your spellcheck. Never knows what I’m trying to say. Yes I type like a gorilla

Anyone remember the million dollar pixel website. OG.

Spotify wrapped is round the corner. What's the most cracked founder music to finish the year?

After almost a decade helping early-stage startups hire top tech profiles - here is what I tell every founder about hiring roadmaps. Firstly, why care about hiring roadmaps? When you are in the trenches, you might not realise it, but you are levelling up and this comes with new

Monk mode sounds like it sucks. Sacrificing the thing you want (an enjoyable life). Just for the pursuit of it. Life is about balance.