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HIRINGBhavin N. Shah, CEO Refresh, Inc.

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BHAVIN SHAH

@bhavinatorlinkedin.com/in/bhavinnicholasshah/

bhavin@theshahs.com

•Serial Entrepreneur

•CEO & Co-Founder of Refresh

•COO & Co-Founder at Gazillion Entertainment

•Marvel Heroes, 150+ employees

•Early Product & Biz Director at LeapFrog

•Pre+Post IPO, 2002 from $35M to $500M

•MS in Learning/Design/Business from Stanford UniversComputer Science from University of California at San

•Director of NASA’s EarthKam program (advisor Sally

•Numerous patents on learning and incentive systems

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CO-FOUNDERS

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1. INTERVIEWING DOESN’T WO

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2. FIND OTHERS WHO CAN ASSUM

SAME RISK 

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3. YOUR SALARY IS AN ANCHO

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4. CO-FOUNDERS WHO GET PAI

EMPLOYEES

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HIRING

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1. OBSERVE CANDIDATE BEHAV

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2. YOUR INDUSTRY MATTER

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3. GOOGLE VS. STARTUP

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4. LOCATION MATTERS

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5. DON’T BE AFRAID TO COMPLE

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6. MAKE THREE OFFERS

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7. PEOPLE WHO’VE NEVER HAD A

DAY SCARE ME

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ENDBhavin N. Shah, CEO Refresh, Inc.