It seems that a lot of startup firms are hiring these days. Or at least thinking about it. So, I thought I would use this column to talk about hiring – especially hiring those first “real” employees. By that I mean the first hires that aren’t just extra hands doing the same thing the founder already does, but people meant to take on a whole piece of the business the founder has been carrying alone.
Author Archives: Iain Christie
Founder and CEO at SideKickSixtyFive Consulting and host of the Terranauts podcast. Iain is a seasoned business executive with deep understanding of the space business and government procurement policy. Iain worked for 22 years at Neptec including as CEO. He was a VP at the Aerospace Industries Association of Canada, is a mentor at the Creative Destruction Lab and a visiting professor at the University of Ottawa's Telfer School of Management.
