Upstack

“When you're interviewing them, what I'm looking for in my number one rule, I suppose is really my only real secret source of everything that I've been doing at Upstack, you know, for over five years, you know, is really, you need to basically want to go for a …”

“Often when somebody joins, they start off, you know, sort of knowing that really the first Two to four weeks of the first month, let's say is going to be a trial essentially, and you know, we'll see how it goes. If they leave during that month, that doesn't re…”

“Hiring fast and firing fast is, you know, really important. You really only find out if someone's good on the job”

“If somebody says, Hey, I'm working on my own side project, don't get defensive and be like, well, what about me? You got to work for me full time. And, you know, think it's a bad thing. It's a good thing because anyone who's good is going to be Working on some…”

“I'm a big believer in the sort of contract to hire model where you start off with someone contract. And then from those guys, you actually hire them full time.”

“The word remote used to be taboo. Almost. It used to be like secondary. Definitely. If you went to a San Francisco or a New York based startup, these sorts of hot places where there's a lot of VC money flowing wild. Having everyone in, in your local location w…”

“Having your video on, you know, most of the time is, in my opinion, a requirement, and having good audio and good internet connection is just Those things are not negotiable, and if you have to buy the hardware for them, that's just part of the hire.”