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Your team exists, they just don't know it yet:
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Step 1:Book 30 mins of 1-1 time w/yourself, coworker, cofounder
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Step 2:Ask the questions below
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Step 3:Write down the names and method of contact for each
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Step 4:Make time to grab coffee/email/snapchat/FB/WhatsApp
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Get a response (Target 90%+), any route that you can...plead/ask for intros etc.
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Step 6:
Pitch each lead on your startup, ask for referrals of who you should hire using the questions below
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When they say no thank you, always ask who you should hire for your team
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Step 8:
Leave everyone with a good impression, follow up, thank them for their time, etc.
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QuestionsProspect's NameConnection/ContactInterest Yes/NoDate Contacted (1st, 2nd, 3rd...)I'm happy to contact them directlyYou can reach out and use my nameYou can reach out, but leave me out of it
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High SchoolWho were the three smartest people in your High School?
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Who were your best friends in High School?
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Where did they go to college?
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Who was excellent from an underrepresented group?
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CollegeWhat College?
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What were the hardest classes your company cares about?
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Class 1:
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Class 2:
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Class 3:
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Who were the top students in each of these classes?
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Who was excellent from an underrepresented group?
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Who were the upperclassmen you looked up to?
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Who were the professors you looked up to?
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InternWhere did you intern?
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Who were the top interns?
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Who was your mentor/manager?
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Who were the people that everyone respected?
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Who was excellent from an underrepresented group?
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What was your second internship?
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Who were the top interns?
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Who was your mentor/manager?
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Who were the people that everyone respected?
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Who was excellent from an underrepresented group?
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ProfessionalWhat was the first job out of school?
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What was your first project you worked on?
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Who were the top performers on that project?
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What was the second project?
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Who were the top performers on that project?
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Who was excellent from an underrepresented group?
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What was your second job?
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What was your first project you worked on?
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Who were the top performers on that project?
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Who was excellent from an underrepresented group?
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Repeat w/Hackathon Teams, Github Follow(er)s, Side Projects, Club Members, Children's Schools, Teachers/Professors...
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