Dave Partners

The best CEOs and Investors know that TIME is the only scarce resource. Since the beginning of time, when humans began to organize around commercial enterprise, the ingredients for outrageous entrepreneurial success are the same: people; ideas; capital. Ideas are over-rated. More important is execution.... Execution is all about the right people. Capital is abundant. Never in the history of the world has there been a more efficient flow of capital to good teams. 'People' is by far the most important ingredient for outrageous entrepreneurial success. You can build your executive DREAM team over the next 3 to 6 years, or the next 3 to 6 months. The greatest utilization of venture capital is to acquire the right human capital. Be A Leader Of Leaders. Recruit Your Executive DREAM Team.

To the untrained recruiter, both success and failure are a mystery. Pre-empting the counter-offer is one of the most powerful tools to secure your target hire. Offer delivery should be the 3rd part of a 3-part conversation.... Done correctly, it inoculates your finally selected hiring target from falling prey to another offer or the notorious counter-offer. All teams are NOT created equal. Hire Smart From The Start. Recruit Better. Achieve More. Make recruiting and culture your strategic competitive advantage. www.DavePartners.com

In a world where the noise to signal ratio has drastically increased, the ability to make a 'connection' is what defines great recruiting. Candidates are smart. They know you are a recruiter so they know that you want to talk to them about job opportunities. Everybody is coming at them straight on about job opportunities, trying to be 'efficient' with a direct approach.... In my humble opinion, I would propose that you come at candidates from a different angle, from a different perspective. Connect with candidates based on their interests, on the things that they are passionate about.

"If each of us hires people who are smaller than we are, we shall become a company of dwarfs. But if each of us hires people who are bigger than we are, we shall become a company of giants." --David Ogilvy Recruiting is both the greatest opportunity for entrepreneurial success and also the greatest cause for failure. Most startups will fail because they largely fail at recruiting and hiring.... Hire Smart From The Start. Recruit Better. Achieve More. www.DavePartners.com