After talking to numerous company founders (in person and on camera) one common thread stands out - the acknowledgement of how important it is to have the right team to help grow the company. Hiring people to work in an established company vs a startup is very different. In early startup stage, founders need to hire people with the right mindset. Han Jin, co-founder of LucidVR, talks quite passionately why. ZURB founder Bryan Zmijewski says that focusing on the people in the company vs the "thing" (aka product/service), is what makes the company successful. Would you agree with that? Please share your thoughts below and look for more founder tips coming soon.
I love networking. Why? Because I never know who I will meet, what I will learn about, what kind of ideas talking to other people will generate in my mind afterwards. I am glad I finally had made it to the Bay Area Creative Freelancer Guild Meetup and mingle among the peers in the video/film industry. The venue was great - video production agency Beyond Pix Studios in San Francisco. The space and the studio were outstanding (per one of the pictures above). As I usually do, if I meet somebody interesting, at some point during the event I pull out my phone and capture a short video interview with that person. Below you can hear from a digital compositor Timothy Gutierrez. He was a lead visua
