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In the fall of 2012, after reading about how Elaine Wherry set up a recruiter honeypot, we knew we had to invite her to our CTO Summit to tell us all the inside story - so here goes...
In 2010, Meebo found itself in a pivotal position: for the first time, the company promised its investors it would generate significant revenue. As the team brainstormed its strategy on a quarter-by-quarter basis, they quickly realized their web JavaScript team should be doubled in Q1. They faced a substantial obstacle however; there was a dearth of JavaScript ninjas, the only type of engineers who could solve their problem of a homegrown, performance-oriented framework. Wherry tried lots of guerilla methods, but the bottom-line remained that a very limited number of persons in the whole world had the necessary skill set, and about half were recruited by the likes of Google.
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Click through to the First Round Capital Review to read more...