Luke Shipley, CEO of Zinc, on what to do to hire the best tech team.
Britain’s technology sector is booming, and the number of new technology companies launched in the UK last year rose by nearly 60%. In London, new technology incorporations grew by 76%. Having recently built an entirely new team of 10 engineers for Zinc, a London-based startup that is building blockchain-based hiring software, I wanted to share some of my learnings on how to hire a winning tech team.
No hierarchy rules!
When hiring a team for a tech startup, you need a small group of hungry, rockstar, all-rounders. Easy! You need everyone to have a broad skill set, be hungry to learn and be quick at doing it. Tech teams at early stage startups are easier to hire for in some ways and harder in others....