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Prairie Portrait: Kaylee Williams of VolunteerLocal
Silicon Prairie News: What are the most important lessons about being a community builder you’ve learned in your eight months at Volunteer Local? | Kaylee Williams: I think most importantly, know your product. Know its strengths and weaknesses. That’s important. Second, know your competitors. My first project for VolunteerLocal was to complete in-depth reviews of…
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Nine hiring checkpoints
Between AdVentures and our portfolio companies, we’re no strangers to hiring. Personally, I’ve hired nearly one-hundred people in the past five years. Some have been fantastic hires and long-term fits. Others have been terrible. Throughout the process, we’ve developed a set of rules so we land more of the long-term people – and fewer short-timers.…