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Damir Pervan Damir is a Croatian Entrepreneur

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Damir has been a creative individual from an early age. At the age of 7, he developed a talent for painting and creative writing. He wrote his first Martial Arts book when he was 10 collecting his thoughts about effective defense techniques in Taekwondo. He has been training Taekwondo for over 15 years. He started his first business at the age of 20, helping students with the math exams and passing the tests. He learned art of selling through Herbalife MLM System. In 2017, he co-founded an app FitSpace, which connects Personal Trainers with their customers. He and his co-Founder decided to pivot. He is an author of the book, "Overcoming Stuttering My Story: Five Steps to Speaking Fluently" that has been published in March 2017. Currently, he is a Founder and CEO of…

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Building and Recruiting a Cultural-Fit Start-Up Team

Damir Pervan • London
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I have been building a start-up Teams for the past 6 years. Many mistakes and lessons learned. Currently building the biggest online Team/ community of Fitness Professionals ( Partners) around the World.

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Damir Pervan

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Damir has been a creative individual from an early age. At the age of 7, he developed a talent for painting and creative writing. He wrote his first Martial Arts book when he was 10 collecting his thoughts about effective defense techniques in Taekwondo. He has been training Taekwondo for over 15 years.

He started his first business at the age of 20, helping students with the math exams and passing the tests. He learned art of selling through Herbalife MLM System.

In 2017, he co-founded an app FitSpace, which connects Personal Trainers with their customers. He and his co-Founder decided to pivot.

He is an author of the book, "Overcoming Stuttering My Story: Five Steps to Speaking Fluently" that has been published in March 2017.

Currently, he is a Founder and CEO of CROFIT Group Corporation. Damir's 2 biggest passions are Fitness and Space exploration.

Specialties: Fittech, Building a Start-Up Culture, Marketing, and Branding.

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What is the best way to find full stack mobile developers who are willing to work with me for equity, and what is fair compensation?

Giving out Equity of your company is tricky. Equity should not be given freely and not to everybody in your company. If you are giving an Equity, then vesting is the key, with a cliff of at least 1 year. I would avoid giving equity to people that you don't know, especially, to developers whom you will yet get to know. Partner and give Equity only to your trusted friends, and colleagues, whom you really know and trust. Hire developers/contractors. Use Upwork as a great resource. You can find a great talent there. If you don't have money to hire a freelancer (developer), use your Entrepreneurial skills to create another revenue stream, or find a job, bootstrap the first simple beta version to see whether people want your app in the first place.

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From your experience, what are the 'key' rules to building a great team for the long-term?

In my start-up experience, building a great Team starts with you as an example. You as a start-up founder need to show them by example that you will do whatever it takes and work super hard to make your start-up success. Your team needs to see your dedication and passion for what you are building. Also, transparency is huge. Don't ever hide anything from your team, especially in an early stage. Your team needs to know how you are progressing every day, so sharing the progress dashboard with them is very important. Remember, together you are on a mission to change the world.

Regarding the teaching your team members, it depends on what you are trying to convey. Maybe you can record an online video course where you teach your team members about the industry areas. What I found is that the best early employees are resourceful and they will try to figure out on their own. Let them know that you will be here to answer any question but also let them have their own steep learning curve. Encourage them to learn on their own.

Hope this helps a bit

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