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Nika

If you wanted to find talented people for your startup – where would you look?

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In a time when big corporations are overpaying for their job offers just to steal the best talent from another big company, and in an era where everyone can build their own startup, there will always be room for people who prefer to join a team and work on something (in the future) big.

How would you find these promising talents?

I know that most often people go through:

  • LinkedIn

  • Find a co-founder by YC

  • Or they match on the internet (Reddit)

  • I also liked the approach of one guy who started reaching out to graduates who had done their thesis on a given topic.

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Mirabelle Morah

I always learn from your thread

Nika

@mirabellemorah Thank you! That's kind of you. 😇 I keep posting.

Kevin McDonagh
Meetups. A startup needs cheer leaders. If someone's out there, networking and continuing to do so, you know they'll put the work in. Leaving the house is difficult, it's easier to pack up after a day of work and zone out with Netflix. It takes an unreasonable amount of energy in the beginning days to fight past the urge to relax. There is very little relaxation time in a startup because the fight is happening at the cutting edge only for a very short time and then the window of opportunity is gone.
Nika

@kevin_mcdonagh1 If you know about any good meetups (or conferences), feel free to share, I would like to attend them more.

William Z

@busmark_w_nika I'd recommend Colorado Startup Week (formerly Denver Startup Week). It is volunteer run and completely free. Most of the 12k attendees last year were local but there were plenty of people from across the US and probably a couple hundred international attendees too. If you're interested in or working on AI, take a look at DenAI Summit as well. It was a new conference last year and drew 1k attendees. Both take place in mid to late September.

Nika

@william_zeidler Hopefully, once will get to the US to attend one of these. 🤞

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