Jan 5, 2020My Reading List in 2019After reading 60 books in 2018, I set myself a target of reading 78 books (50% more) during 2019, and I failed quite miserably — closing the year with 52 books read, around one per week. As usual, I’d love to share my full list along with some notes and…Books6 min readBooks6 min read
Dec 25, 2018My Reading List in 2018For 2018, I set my reading goal at 60 books — and I’d love to share with you some of the books that I read that most impacted me this year. We all know that some books have the power to change our lives, or to change the way that…Books6 min readBooks6 min read
Jan 3, 2018How I picked up a reading habit in 2017, and you can too.When you look at people who are tremendously successful, there is often one characteristic that they tend to share — they read a lot. …Reading9 min readReading9 min read
May 16, 2017Apostar numa startup. Sim ou não?Originalmente publicado na Revista Human Resources Portugal em 16–05–2017. Hoje em dia, cada vez mais profissionais de topo tomam a decisão de trocar empregos em empresas grandes e estabelecidas por pequenas startups. …3 min read3 min read
Jul 26, 2016Moving (start)UP in life, or why I decided to join Hole19.Hi. I’m Gil and I’m the COO of Hole19 Golf. I recently made a life changing decision, and I’d love to tell you about it. Imagine you worked for one of the hottest startups in the world for its respective field. One that had raised hundreds of millions of dollars…Startup4 min readStartup4 min read
Published in Don't Panic, Just Hire·Jul 19, 2016The kung-fu of startup hiring (7 of 7): You’ve hired, now what?CONGRATULATIONS! You’ve managed to hire a new colleague to join your company. That’s great news. You’ve done the hardest part, and now comes the part that many companies (foolishly) seem to ignore, but that is absolutely essential if you want your new amazing hire to have as much impact…5 min read5 min read
Published in Don't Panic, Just Hire·Jul 5, 2016The kung-fu of startup hiring (6 of 7): Diagnosing issues with your hiring process.In the past few posts, we discussed how to prepare, plan, structure and execute your hiring strategy. So hopefully by now you’ve been able to start interviewing people and moving them through your hiring process. However, finding the right people to join your team is a difficult and…Hiring8 min readHiring8 min read
Published in Don't Panic, Just Hire·Jun 28, 2016The kung-fu of startup hiring (5 of 7): Planning your pipeline and interview stages.If you’ve been reading my previous posts then you should already have a good idea of how you can get plenty of candidates into your funnel (let’s call it a pipeline), regardless of whether you’re using an active strategy or a passive one. Congratulations, you’ve done the easiest part. The…Hiring6 min readHiring6 min read
Published in Don't Panic, Just Hire·Jun 20, 2016The kung-fu of startup hiring (4 of 7): Investing into a passive hiring strategy.Many companies only think about hiring once they’re actually in a pinch, and after rushing to hire someone, they usually forget all about it, only to repeat their efforts once they again need to hire someone. Rinse. Repeat. But what if I told you that there are ways to…Hiring6 min readHiring6 min read
Published in Don't Panic, Just Hire·May 19, 2016The kung-fu of startup hiring (3 of 7): Planning your hiring channels.You already know who it is that you want to hire, why you are hiring them, what skills they need to have, and by when you should hire them. That’s awesome, now you need to draft up a game plan of how you’re going to find this person. If…Hiring8 min readHiring8 min read
