Back to the BasicsHR Lessons from Fast Growth Startups

Ameer SherifCEO and Co-founder

@ WUZZUF

Agenda• About me and WUZZUF• Why back to HR basics? Business basics?• Why high growth tech startups?• Business lifecycle • The basics… Talent acquisition and retention• The HR Generalist / CEO, motivation, and culture • Organizational deveopment, Learning & Dev, Comp & Ben• HRIS, Policies and procedures, and Succession planning?• The HR basics and business lifecycle• Questions• WUZZUF Survey

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

WUZZUF Overview, Impact, and Growth…

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

WUZZUF Overview, Impact, and Growth…• The tough years… 2010... 2012• 3M+ Job applications, 100k+ vacancies,• 50%+ market share of high-end jobs in Egypt• 5,000+ companies, 60,000+ people hired• Raised $2m in total. 90% from US and Europe• ~10x growth in past 2 years. 8 to 80 employees

Back the HR Basics… or business basics?

What’s your definition of business?

Why growth tech startups?

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Apple Inc.Founded in 1976Now: $233 BILLION in revenues115,000 employees!

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Microsoft CorporationFounded in 1975Now: $94 BILLION in revenues118,000 employees!

IntelFounded in 1968Now: $55 BILLION in revenues106,000 employees

HPFounded in 1939 by Bill Hewlett and Dave PackardNow: $111 BILLION in revenues302,000 employees

Samsung HQ in 1930sFounded in 1938Now: $305 BILLION in revenues489,000 employees!

GoogleFounded in 1998Now: $66 BILLION in revenues 60,000 employees!

AmazonFounded in 1994Now: $89 BILLION in revenues 222,000 employees!

FacebookFounded in 2004

Now: $12 BILLION in revenues 12,000 employees1.5 BILLION Users

HR Basics #1Talent acquisition and retention

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HR Basics #2The HR Generalist, Culture, and

Motivation – a.k.a. the CEO

HR Basics #3Compensation and Benefits, Org

Dev, and Learning and Dev

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HR Basics #4HRIS, Policies and Procedures,

and Succession Planning

Talent acquisitionTalent retention, performance management

Vision, Mission, Values, Culture

Compensation and Benefits, Org Dev, HRIS, Policies, etc.Learning and Dev, Succession planning

To summarize…Refresh your view on the basics

of HR and businessRead... explore...and stay

relevant

Thank You ! @AmeerSherif

Questions?@AmeerSherif