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Sharing a mission, the same culture and work attitudes should be key to finding your developers. Employee perks, flexible schedules and engaging tasks will make them happy. If you see that you cannot cover all these aspects at your current stage, don’t hesitate to delegate it to HR and outstaffing companies, or hire professional recruiters.

“American founders are interested in outstaffing, or hiring subcontractors who can manage projects and be responsible for their outcome,” believes Vasily Voropaev, the founder of Smartbrain.io, a San Francisco-based marketplace for contractors all over the world.

If you need to keep control over the workforce but eliminate their overhead and financial support, outstaffing is an attractive option. The responsibilities of the official employer are shifted to the contractor, and you manage the personnel, as usual, paying for the services of the outstaffer through their contract.