How to hire for your startup or SMB
How can founders leverage fractional talent for efficient teams?
We’ve been there. We know how hard it can be to design, build and grow your product or service offering. Harder still, to hire and manage the right team. 😮
If we're honest, our Rafiki.works team STILL finds it hard.
Hiring is one of the, if not the, most important part of a founder's journey. Done well, it'll save money and time in the long run, and improve defensibility, growth, and ultimately your chances of success.
Done badly, and it may very well be the death of your business.
In many ways, our fractional model is probably quite similar to how most people buy phones, cars, or coach the world's #1 Rugby Team🇿🇦...
- Your Phone📱: Chances are, you're paying for your phone through a monthly contract. It's easier on the wallet, helps cash flow, and allows you to upgrade at the end of your contract. You're probably also getting some data bundles and other benefits thrown in 🏆
- Your Car 🚙 : You wouldn't buy a car without test-driving it. If you've lived in London all your life, you probably wouldn't purchase a 4x4 for a big African safari and multi-month road trip without consulting an expert in 4x4s and the roads in Africa. Getting expert advice and hiring something tailored for the job would be the better option 🏆
- 🏉 🇿🇦 : Imagine every Rugby coach had to hire 15 players at the start of a season, and that was it. The team was set. The coach and country were stuck with those set players for the season. Performance would vary, players would get injured, some might not turn out to be as solid as you initially thought, or perhaps they just don't gel very well as a team. Disaster. Now imagine you had access to a vast depth of talent (we're talking The Mariana Trench of Talent), allowing you to test multiple configurations of play, and team options, and safeguard yourself against any potential performance or injury issues. Just imagine...🏆
At Rafiki, we're lucky... Five of our full-time or fractional team members are founders themselves. Nearly half of the fractional experts we've placed on clients are founders. Everything we're building and embedding into our product is being built out of necessity, and for internal use first.
We take a very safeguarded approach to hiring and building a team internally. We practise what we preach. Our goal is to help other startups do the same.
We’re sourcing the top skill-specific, fractional talent across Africa. Talent with industry-relevant experience. With Rafiki, your company risks less and grows flexibly, and cost-effectively. Build & manage your flexible team. Safeguard & grow your future-proofed business.
We're what we call 'talent' focussed. This doesn't mean we don't prioritise your business. It simply means that by focusing on the top talent, we're prioritising your business's most valuable resource...talent.
We'll help you, as a founder, identify your talent requirements and de-risk your startup growth through fractional talent solutions.
If you're a founder or manager looking for the right human resources for your business or upcoming project, please get in touch. We'd love to explore how Rafiki and our team of founders can help you design, build, and grow your business through a modern approach to talent management.
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Original Rafiki LinkedIn article here.
