Hiring For Startup Success: Team And Talent Are What Really Count

There are two things that startups need to flourish, a pipeline of money and talent.With investor confidence returning and more alternative funding sources coming on stream, the former appears to be getting easier. But finding the right talent to take your start-up to the next level, can be the first big stumbling block for a team of ambitious entrepreneurs.Following on from its $4.5 million Series A and a successful year scaling in the UK, background checking service Onfido has now launched in the US and hired former Google director Edward Ungar to help them scale internationally.Unger is the third experienced entrepreneur to get on board, joining Onfido investors, Lastminute.com co-founder Brent Hoberman and former Google UK MD Dan Cobley.