Building a Dream Team

Some thoughts on building a great team and stopping the chase for the ideal candidates.

1. Building a DREAM TEAM Mike Aparicio User Interface Engineer, Groupon maparicio@groupon.com @peruvianidol
8. Full Stack Developer
9. MYTHICAL CREATURES
10. The stack HTML CSS JavaScript Ruby on Rails MySQL Server Shit UX Content Strategy Typography Photoshoppin’ (more of a spectrum) @jasonsantamaria @lukew @brad_frost @wycats @vpieters @karenmcgrane @chriscoyier @jeresig DESIGNERS DEVELOPERS @montywi @linus__torvalds
11. “FULL STACK” HTML CSS JavaScript Ruby on Rails MySQL FRONT END BACK END
13. BOX SCORE GP GS FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA DREBOREB AST STL BLK PF TO PTS
24. BUILDING A DREAM TEAM HOW DO THEY WORK?
25. DRAFT YOUNG TALENT
26. HIRE SPECIALISTS
27. MENTOR YOUR TEAMMATES
28. HIRE A GOOD MANAGER
29. TAKE CARE OF YOUR PLAYERS
30. “Sweat equity is the most valuable equity there is. Know your business and industry better than anyone else in the world. Love what you do or don’t do it.”
31. THANK YOU! Mike Aparicio maparicio@groupon.com @peruvianidol http://idol.pe/geekfest-dreamteam