How to Hire Better and Level-Up Your Team with Kurt Wilkin, Co-Founder of HireBetter

Author: Adam Contos
Published: Wed 14 Sep 2022
Episode Link: https://share.transistor.fm/s/65dbe0bd

Kurt Wilkin is a trusted advisor for high-growth, middle-market companies as founder and managing partner of Bee Cave Capital and Co-Founder of HireBetter. With a passion for growth and a hard-earned, proven set of tools in his toolbox, Wilkin works with other entrepreneurs and CEOs to help them escape the start-up mindset and achieve next-level success.

His debut book, Who’s Your Mike? A No-Bullshit Guide to the People You’ll Meet on Your Entrepreneurial Journey, Kurt reveals how entrepreneurs can transform their companies by minimizing hiring mistakes, investing in high potentials and making the difficult decisions to drop dead weight from their team.

Main Topics

Kurt’s professional journey, from becoming a CPA to launching his own firm to buying the company HireBetter (2:13)
Why Kurt believes The Great Resignation is a myth and how to find employees who are dedicated to making an impact rather than just a paycheck (5:25)
Are employees looking for more money or more fulfillment? (9:07)
How to hire people beyond just what you can see on a resume and how to hire “A-players” (11:00)
Kurt’s book Who’s Your Mike? and how to know when it’s time to move on from an employee (15:10)

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