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5 top tips to help you hire and retain talent

Gary Turner, managing director and co-founder at accounting software firm Xero, shares his top advice to help tech entrepreneurs hire and retain talent.

You’ve only got to look at some of the world’s tech giants such as Facebook or Google to see how a strong culture seemingly shines through. From the top down, it looks like every employee buys into the same values, ambitions and ethics.

To set a similar ethos yourself, you have work out which components make up the culture within your business:

  • Why does your business exist?
  • How are you helping consumers/businesses?
  • What do you believe in?

It will then be clear what your culture is all about. This gives potential employees a better understanding of what’s involved in the role, the company ethos, and ultimately whether they are a good fit....