Based on my experiences my belief is that, retaining might be as hard as (or maybe more) hiring a person, in startup specially. First you have to fight hard to find & recruit a right fit (or maybe a person which can be transformed into the RIGHT fit). And when this person becomes the right fit, his role is very crucial (every person in startup is very crucial for it) and the company can’t really afford to loose that person.
So how to keep a person in? There is no rocket science or formula to do this. You need to understand your people, environment etc. and think of your own ways. One must required thing for this is to do very effective hiring (for more read my previous posts in this series). Some very common things you should always ask following questions to yourself and keep finding the answers from time to time, as answer do change from time to time:
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