{"id":42852,"date":"2023-10-20T15:24:15","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/tips-for-building-a-startup-dream-team-from-an-entrepreneur-that-has-recruited-for-atlassian-spotify-and-invoice2go-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:24:15","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:24:15","slug":"tips-for-building-a-startup-dream-team-from-an-entrepreneur-that-has-recruited-for-atlassian-spotify-and-invoice2go-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/tips-for-building-a-startup-dream-team-from-an-entrepreneur-that-has-recruited-for-atlassian-spotify-and-invoice2go-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips for building a startup dream team from an entrepreneur that has recruited for Atlassian, Spotify and Invoice2go – StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"
The success of a startup boils down to its team and the people who work day-in, day-out to see it grow and Invoice2go’s head of culture and talent Nick Ingall knows this all too well.<\/p>\n
With a background in talent acquisition, Ingall has recruited and managed talent for startup success stories including Atlassian and Spotify.<\/p>\n
He says one of the biggest challenges for an early-stage startup when trying to recruit is a lack of brand recognition among potential talent.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s making sure everyone knows about it so people who want to come on that journey can come along,\u201d Ingall tells StartupSmart.<\/em><\/p>\n Ingall says the team at Invoice2go are on the brink of a major recruitment drive.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re about to enter a hypergrowth phase from a hiring perspective,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve got numerous roles open.\u201d<\/p>\n While Invoice2go has more than 200,000 global users and over $1 billion worth of invoices are billed through it each month, the startup\u2019s story is yet to be recognised among \u201ctop tier\u201d talent pools around the world, he says.<\/p>\n Ingall says he faced a similar problem when he joined Spotify in its first years to help it grow its team.<\/p>\n \u201cIn the early days, not a lot of people knew about the company,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n \u201cThere are some challenges now [with Invoice2Go] around getting the story in front of people.\u201d<\/p>\n When a company is more well known, like Atlassian was when he joined, access to the world\u2019s cream of the crop is relatively better.<\/p>\n But this doesn\u2019t mean a smaller startup can\u2019t win \u201ctop tier people\u201d, Ingall says, with many highly talented individuals working for big tech startups but wanting to be involved with smaller operations.<\/p>\n \u201cThere are individuals out there interested specifically in early stage startups,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n \u201cThey would love to have a bigger impact in a smaller company.\u201d<\/p>\n Here are four key questions that Ingall says all founders need to ask themselves to make sure they bring the best talent possible into their startup.<\/p>\n To grab great talent, Ingall says new startups should looks inwards at what makes them unique, what makes the founders stand out from the crowd and what core values underpin their overall mission.<\/p>\n1. What part of your story will attract great talent?<\/h3>\n