{"id":1686,"date":"2019-10-11T22:09:09","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T22:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-humanresourcesmgmt\/?post_type=chapter&p=1686"},"modified":"2024-04-25T01:52:13","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T01:52:13","slug":"introduction-to-hiring-for-the-start-up-environment","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-humanresourcesmgmt\/chapter\/introduction-to-hiring-for-the-start-up-environment\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to Hiring for the Start-up Environment","rendered":"Introduction to Hiring for the Start-up Environment"},"content":{"raw":"

What you'll learn to do:\u00a0Discuss how to hire for a start-up culture and environment<\/h2>\r\nThere are small businesses, and there are start-ups. Is there even a difference?\r\n\r\nYou hear the word \u201cstart-up\u201d a lot in the technology field, and there\u2019s a reason for that. A \u201cstart-up\u201d is a small company that\u2019s looking for a scalable and repeatable business model. Technology companies innovate a new product, and they\u2019re looking to take it from something that\u2019s been created in their garage to something that reach the far corners of the earth. They aren\u2019t necessarily sure how to do that, but part of their business model is to show off that new technology and look for something or someone (like an \u201cangel investor\u201d) that can help them to that scalable, repeatable, next step.\r\n\r\nA small business, on the other hand, is creating a business model that will work for the company from day one and continue to sustain them as they grow. There\u2019s less innovation involved, and in fact, business models are often copied from other successful businesses in the same industry.\r\n

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What you’ll learn to do:\u00a0Discuss how to hire for a start-up culture and environment<\/h2>\n

There are small businesses, and there are start-ups. Is there even a difference?<\/p>\n

You hear the word \u201cstart-up\u201d a lot in the technology field, and there\u2019s a reason for that. A \u201cstart-up\u201d is a small company that\u2019s looking for a scalable and repeatable business model. Technology companies innovate a new product, and they\u2019re looking to take it from something that\u2019s been created in their garage to something that reach the far corners of the earth. They aren\u2019t necessarily sure how to do that, but part of their business model is to show off that new technology and look for something or someone (like an \u201cangel investor\u201d) that can help them to that scalable, repeatable, next step.<\/p>\n

A small business, on the other hand, is creating a business model that will work for the company from day one and continue to sustain them as they grow. There\u2019s less innovation involved, and in fact, business models are often copied from other successful businesses in the same industry.<\/p>\n

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