Building All-Star Teams

Classroom

What You’ll Learn

Pre-Class Readings

Read Fred Wilson’s “MBA Mondays: Best Hiring Practices”
Read "Focus on Building 10x Teams, Not on Hiring 10x Developers"
Watch Chris Dixon’s interview with Kayak.com co-founder Paul English

Project (after class)

Students will create a playbook of recruiting strategies for their startup. This will include:

1) Identified sources of finding talent (ex. LinkedIn, Dribble, personal network)
2) A “company culture” check-list that each candidate should fit
3) A process for courting & closing top-prospects

Collaboration: share your ideas, notes, strategies & findings in the “Classroom Discussion”

Beginner Level

About Your Teacher See Full Bio

Michael Karnjanaprakorn · CEO/Co-founder of Skillshare

Michael Karnjanaprakorn is the CEO/co-founder of Skillshare, a community marketplace to learn anything from anyone, anywhere. In addition to his role at Skillshare, Michael is a Venture Advisor at Collaborative Fund, an NYC-based seed-stage venture firm. Previously, Michael led the product team at Hot Potato, which was acquired by Facebook, and developed products and services that organized the creative world at Behance. Michael is also a 2012 TED Fellow, and listed as one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business in 2012 by Fast Company.

Peter Boyce will be the T.A. for this Skillshare. Peter works in Business Development & Marketing at Skillshare, and works with Michael on new deal evaluation at Collaborative Fund. Previously, Peter worked at Skillshare as “Founder Apprentice.” Before Skillshare, Peter worked at Bad Boy Entertainment as Business Development analyst, and as a summer analyst at an NYC-based hedge fund covering technology. He studies Applied Math & Sociology at Harvard, where he is beginning his senior thesis on VC & startup networks.