Aurora Harshner
@aharshner
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Advisor. Love my family, building startups, helping ppl, surfing, reading, traveling, & snowboarding. Ex. @polychain @coinbase @airbnb, @Google, @salesforce
San Francisco
Joined November 2009
I’ve outlined 9 others as well as how to avoid them in this post:
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While recruiting isn’t easy, it’s also not rocket science.:Avoid these 10 mistakes to bypass the most serious pitfalls
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One of these mistakes is underestimating how much time and work recruiting will take – it might seem like a straight-forward skill, but you’ll be hard pressed to find and attract good candidates if you don’t take it seriously.
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Once founders have achieved product market fit, their next goal is often to hire as quickly as possible, and many founders make the same common mistakes that can be costly both in terms of time and money.
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I wrote a post highlighting 10 of the most common hiring mistakes early stage founders make:
a16zcrypto.com
While recruiting isn’t easy, it’s also not rocket science.:Avoid these 10 mistakes to bypass the most serious pitfalls
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A recruiter should be among your first 10 hires. This may seem counterintuitive — if founders are pressed for time and need the right technical talent right away, shouldn’t other hires take precedence? Far from it. Here’s why:
a16zcrypto.com
How early should you hire a recruiter? They should be among your first ten employees: An explanation of why, and how to find the right one
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Interesting post on Token Comp out by Madan, Mehdi, and Craig a A16z Web3 fund.
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How tokens fit into a larger compensation strategy. Plus a guide to structuring token grants, from vesting to taxes.
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Mahalo to @Oprah for driving fundraising dollars to the grassroots orgs on Maui that are leading the relief efforts! You are a blessing to the community!.
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I'm from Maui, my friend is a midwife on island and is organizing a relief effort through the Pacific Birth Collective. Help is urgently needed, if you can donate in any way, please do through their website.
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RT @coinbase: After months of trying to engage with the @SECGov on our planned Coinbase Lend product, we recently received notice that it i….
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Last Wednesday, after months of effort by Coinbase to engage productively, the SEC gave us what’s called a Wells notice about our planned Coinbase Lend program. A Wells notice tells a company that it...
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RT @patrick_oshag: What if the most important question is how to be kind (to others and to yourself) more consistently?. This is among the….
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RT @AndrewBenson: Some exciting news… Aloha Hawaii! We’re so excited to finally be able to serve clients in the great state of Hawaii, maki….
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RT @dfinity: Billions of dollars are waiting to invest in the open web. Olaf Carlson-Wee (Polychain Capital) will discuss the opportunities….
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Please join the Polychain Tech Talk on 6/25 about Contract Security in DeFi. We’ll be hosting a remote, technical conversation with lead engineers from DyDx and Compound, moderated by the CTO of Polychain Capital, Rob Witoff. RSVP here:
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Great perspective!.
Useful inversion for hiring decisions: “this person passes the bar” vs “I would be deeply disappointed if this person didn’t join”
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My short post on hiring for startups:
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Recruiting isn’t rocket science, so what makes it so difficult? If you ask startup founders about their number one challenge, it’s…
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Thank you @dan_portillo and his team at @GreylockVC for all their recruiting help! You all have a great eye for talent. Mahalo!.
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Technical Product Manager, Payments - Coinbase Jobs on AngelList
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Senior Infrastructure and Network Engineer - Coinbase Jobs on AngelList
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