Comments on: Startups: Executive Hiring Challenges or Beware of the Suits

By: Jignesh

Jignesh — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:44:21 +0000

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By: Who Should you Hire at a Startup? | CloudAve

Who Should you Hire at a Startup? | CloudAve — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:25:35 +0000

[...] it’s controversial. If you want to call BS have at me in the comments Related articles: Startups: Executive Hiring Challenges or Beware of the Suits Startups Must Hire The Right People And Watch Every Penny. Or Fail. Oops, They Fired All Their [...]

By: tomaxxamot (Morgan)

tomaxxamot (Morgan) — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 01:43:10 +0000

I’ve watched this story unfold first hand for the past 1.5 years – guess it’s a full blown phenomena… http://tinyurl.com/4v62gu

By: Yuhong bao

Yuhong bao — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:34:07 +0000

I think a good compromise would be to have both suits and geeks in all levels of management.

By: Oops, They Fired All Their Workaholics| Zoli’s Blog

Oops, They Fired All Their Workaholics| Zoli’s Blog — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 07:38:40 +0000

[...] The weekend firestorm comes completes a full circle: in a second TechCrunch article Mike Arrington comes to Calacanis’s defense: Startups Must Hire The Right People And Watch Every Penny. Or Fail. This is a very good article, I wholeheartedly agree with it. And while at it, let me also refer you to Startups: Executive Hiring Challenges or Beware of the Suits. [...]

By: On StartUps - Mutts or Pedigreed | Technology

On StartUps - Mutts or Pedigreed | Technology — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 05:26:21 +0000

[...] Erdos penned this excellent piece recently: Startups: Executive Hiring Challenges or Beware of the Suits. He discusses hiring management for startups, and his observations on hiring experienced management [...]

By: Entrepreneurship anybody? - PaGaLGuY.com

Entrepreneurship anybody? - PaGaLGuY.com — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:24:39 +0000

[...] anybody? – 30-01-2008, 12:54 PM A great read about startup hiring and spot on! – Startups: Executive Hiring Challenges or Beware of the Suits| Zoli’s Blog A Visual Guide to navigating PaGaLGuY.com | What’s up at The PaGaL HeadQuarters Pitchers – [...]

By: links for 2008-01-28 | AccMan

links for 2008-01-28 | AccMan — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:43:31 +0000

[...] Startups: Executive Hiring Challenges or Beware of the Suits Zoli’s comments are right on – it’s hard to get the right talent for startup operations but it makes sense to remember that a pedigree isn’t all that counts. (tags: entrepreneurship marketing startup) [...]

By: Zoli Erdos

Zoli Erdos — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:22:36 +0000

Well, I wouldn’t go as far as claiming Big Co experience as indicator for auto-down mod

But I would say this:

- Big Co experience in itself is not enough for startups success

- If a candidate has *only* Big Co background, that’s a likely down mod case.

And yes, another problem is that for most of this *type* (yes, I know, stereotyping is bad…) it’s really just a job, moving on in a few years.

By: Stiennon

Stiennon — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:45:55 +0000

I have started over a dozen companies and have worked at other startups as well as in big corporate environments. I completely agree with your thesis Zoli. Maybe it is just jealousy but over and over I see the founding team replaced by suits who have great business backgrounds but no domain expertise. They get the big pay packages, including options, accelerated vesting, termination clauses, etc. They are typically in and out in a few years and off to another opportunity where they leverage their resume, not their ability.

At *any* stage of a company I would hire for demonstrated ability. If someone has big corporate experience that is a definite down mod for me!

-Stiennon