7 Mar, 2008
The Downside Of Coming Out Of "Stealth Mode"
My friend Kevin Merritt (CEO of Seattle startup blist) hit the nail on the head with his recent post about the hordes of people who will call you when you announce a financing.
I’ve noticed the same thing since we came out of stealth mode two weeks ago. A lot of people are calling to help us spend the piles of money they assume we have lying around the Napera offices. As Kevin noted, the number one callers at the moment are recruiters. We’ve been lucky at Napera in that we’ve only used a recruiter once and we’ve found social networking sites like LinkedIn have been more effective at finding great people to join our team. So recruiters, real estate brokers, PR agencies and offshore developers please note – we have those bases covered!
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