Matt Cynamon

The following is an adapted excerpt from How to Get a Job at a Startup, an exclusive General Assembly eBook by startup founder and former GA leader Matt Cynamon. If you’re pursuing a job at a startup company, one of the most important factors you’ll need to consider is compensation, which is commonly structured differently than at more mature companies. This is largely dependent on the life stage of a company, which can greatly impact compensation, as well as work-life balance, risk, and upside.

Matt Cynamon is General Assembly’s Regional Director for the UK. Recruiting staff isn’t an easy process for any company, no matter how big or small. There’s a huge checklist of criteria that needs ticking off to ensure you hire the right person, with the relevant skills, for your organization. When speaking with founders and CEOs of tech startups, we’re never surprised when conversation circles back to the fact that hiring the right personnel is one of the toughest problems they face today.