You’ve secured your funding. You’ve signed the lease on your new space. You’re ready to dive right in. But, first you need a team – people who are willing to jump in after you. And you need them now. Oh, and they have to be brilliant. Every last one of them.

Now what? Now you need a recruiting strategy – one that takes into account the unique challenges of recruiting for startups, including finding people who have “new” skills, the ability to do things that few have done before. One that can sell people on joining your venture. And one that address a problem so many start-ups encounter – employee retention. It’s critical for you to have a plan in place that will enable you to hire people who have experience in these distinctive, high-pressure situations, but who won’t leave and take their valuable knowledge of the industry – and of your business – with them when they go.

It’s also essential that you hire the kind of people who get potential financiers excited about your business. Venture capital and angel investors will always look first at the quality of the team you’ve assembled – so it has to be second to none, or they’ll take their money somewhere else. At iScout, we can help you overcome these obstacles to get your business up and running smoothly.