Comments on: Lower Your Standards and Build a Better Team http://akfpartners.com/techblog/2009/12/02/lower-your-standards-and-build-a-better-team/ The Scalability Blog Tue, 10 Apr 2012 23:04:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Stop Doing Annual Reviews | AKF Partners Blog http://akfpartners.com/techblog/2009/12/02/lower-your-standards-and-build-a-better-team/#comment-194 Stop Doing Annual Reviews | AKF Partners Blog Tue, 23 Mar 2010 04:30:10 +0000 http://akfpartners.com/techblog/?p=552#comment-194 [...] argued in a recent post Lower your standards and build a better team that the standards for hiring should be lowered. The reason is that we are unable to predict future [...] [...] argued in a recent post Lower your standards and build a better team that the standards for hiring should be lowered. The reason is that we are unable to predict future [...]

]]> By: Top 10 Internet Startup Scalability Killers [GigaOM] | BYOHosting.com Blogs http://akfpartners.com/techblog/2009/12/02/lower-your-standards-and-build-a-better-team/#comment-193 Top 10 Internet Startup Scalability Killers [GigaOM] | BYOHosting.com Blogs Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:22:04 +0000 http://akfpartners.com/techblog/?p=552#comment-193 [...] written about how to hire, fire and mentor and why to remove underperformers quickly for superior teams. Our message is simply that you can never eliminate underperformers soon enough [...] [...] written about how to hire, fire and mentor and why to remove underperformers quickly for superior teams. Our message is simply that you can never eliminate underperformers soon enough [...]

]]> By: Top 10 Internet Startup Scalability Killers – GigaOM http://akfpartners.com/techblog/2009/12/02/lower-your-standards-and-build-a-better-team/#comment-192 Top 10 Internet Startup Scalability Killers – GigaOM Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:20:58 +0000 http://akfpartners.com/techblog/?p=552#comment-192 [...] written about how to hire, fire and mentor and why to remove underperformers quickly for superior teams. Our message is simply that you can never eliminate underperformers soon enough [...] [...] written about how to hire, fire and mentor and why to remove underperformers quickly for superior teams. Our message is simply that you can never eliminate underperformers soon enough [...]

]]> By: Top 10 Internet Startup Scalability Killers | 4nasco Technology http://akfpartners.com/techblog/2009/12/02/lower-your-standards-and-build-a-better-team/#comment-191 Top 10 Internet Startup Scalability Killers | 4nasco Technology Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:42:16 +0000 http://akfpartners.com/techblog/?p=552#comment-191 [...] written about how to hire, fire and mentor and why to remove underperformers quickly for superior teams. Our message is simply that you can never eliminate underperformers soon enough [...] [...] written about how to hire, fire and mentor and why to remove underperformers quickly for superior teams. Our message is simply that you can never eliminate underperformers soon enough [...]

]]> By: Top 10 Internet Startup Scalability Killers | Stoth http://akfpartners.com/techblog/2009/12/02/lower-your-standards-and-build-a-better-team/#comment-190 Top 10 Internet Startup Scalability Killers | Stoth Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:17:18 +0000 http://akfpartners.com/techblog/?p=552#comment-190 [...] written about how to hire, fire and mentor and why to remove underperformers quickly for superior teams. Our message is simply that you can never eliminate underperformers soon enough [...] [...] written about how to hire, fire and mentor and why to remove underperformers quickly for superior teams. Our message is simply that you can never eliminate underperformers soon enough [...]

]]> By: Fish http://akfpartners.com/techblog/2009/12/02/lower-your-standards-and-build-a-better-team/#comment-189 Fish Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:15:39 +0000 http://akfpartners.com/techblog/?p=552#comment-189 Ori, Great comment. I agree with you that startups without the option of hiring more and pruning are best to admit hiring mistakes early. Thanks for adding your valuable insight to the post. Fish Ori,
Great comment. I agree with you that startups without the option of hiring more and pruning are best to admit hiring mistakes early. Thanks for adding your valuable insight to the post.

Fish

]]> By: Ori Lahav http://akfpartners.com/techblog/2009/12/02/lower-your-standards-and-build-a-better-team/#comment-188 Ori Lahav Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:28:10 +0000 http://akfpartners.com/techblog/?p=552#comment-188 Fish good post that... raises the debate. Think of start-up that want to stay lean and mean. you want to hire team of 5 people you may want each one of them to have slightly different skills to complete the puzzle and... you have very low budget. can you afford hiring 45 people train them for a year so you can finally pick 5? actually you don't have many shots - only one bullet in your gun each time. you have to pick the best to your knowledge, interviews background checks, referrals, etc... and then you hire. the truth is that you have to be candid enough with yourself, that as early as you see you made a hiring mistake, cut it and move on to the next one. Ori Fish
good post that… raises the debate.
Think of start-up that want to stay lean and mean. you want to hire team of 5 people you may want each one of them to have slightly different skills to complete the puzzle and… you have very low budget.
can you afford hiring 45 people train them for a year so you can finally pick 5?
actually you don’t have many shots – only one bullet in your gun each time. you have to pick the best to your knowledge, interviews background checks, referrals, etc… and then you hire.
the truth is that you have to be candid enough with yourself, that as early as you see you made a hiring mistake, cut it and move on to the next one.

Ori

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