Although entrepreneurship education stresses the importance of assembling a great team, it can be a challenge to do so when a new company with limited resources tries to attract top talent. During this session, we will explore the process of how to build a great entrepreneurial team.
Josh Schwarzapel and Nathan Furr
Login into the MFP Forum. Under the session assignment topic answer the following questions. For this assignment, only one submission is required from the opening team (Team #3). All others must submit individual postings!
1) You have just raised your first round of financing and want to build a team that can innovate in a completely new area: how would you go about identifying the right candidates and balance between ingenuity and experience? Where would you search for them? How do you successfully attract top choices to join your venture?
2) Briefly make a list of what Cooliris is doing right and doing wrong, if anything, with its current recruiting process? How should they improve it?