Equity Fingerprint + Silicon Valley comes to Cambridge
These are quotes from the conference.
Part 5
Facebook has a great team
Key thing: in the initial stage the founders do everything
Reid Hoffman, founder of LinkedIn, is an angel in 50 start-ups including facebook
Levels of hierarchy in an organisation helps you to be organised
You have to chose from the many jobs that need to be done in a start-up
“Get certain types of jobs done!”
Teams pick up people from around them, from friends
Do or die basis, month by month
Silicon Valley is a talent university with people from around the world
Reaching out to get them in your team
Bring you voice to bare(?)
Check and check references. When Reid Hoffman recruited the CEO of LinkedIn, he checked 23 off-balance references (ie not references supplied on the CV)
Might be right person for another job
Markets change; lots of chaos
Google is big in Africa
“Great Founders; great destroyers!”
Make sure that all the teams want to get things done
Countless ways a company can fail - visualise success
World class generals