Standout Jobs was well represented at last week’s TechCrunch 9 party with the attendance of co-Founder, Fred Ngo.
But it wasn’t enough for us to attend, schmooze and hang out. Fred brought along expert videographer, Tracy Peterson to ask some of Silicon Valley’s top entrepreneurs and business folk about their challenges and frustrations with hiring top talent.
The result is a quick, entertaining video that sheds some light on how hard it is to hire great people, and what some companies will do to get people on board. From celebrity partners to getting arrested, to plain old solid advice, we’ve got it all.
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Quick thank yous to those that took the time to speak with us at the party:
- Kelvin Cheung, Member of Technical Staff, Ooma
- Keith Teare, CEO, Edgeio
- Mark Williamson, Director - Internet & Service Business, Dash
- Ed Schaffer, VP Operations, oDesk
- Guarav Dhillon, Founder & CEO, Jaman
- Emmett Shear, CTO, Justin.tv
- Kyle Vogt, VP Engineering, Justin.tv
- Dick Hardt, Founder & CEO, Sxip
- Robert Scoble, Scobleizer & PodTech
- Guy Kawasaki, Founder, Truemors & Top Blogger
- John Furrier, Founder & CEO, PodTech
- Mary Hodder, Founder & Chairman, Dabble
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cool vid!
~jer
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