Hot Startups Hiring 👉 Good People

👋 Hey There,

Ryan from Coastal Recruiting here with some news that's been brewing for a while.

TL;DR:

⭐️ We're launching a new brand within Coastal Recruiting called GOOD PEOPLE

🚀 Your weekly "Hot Startups Hiring" newsletter is becoming part of something bigger

🤫 You'll still get all the job opportunities, plus a ton more insider startup intel

🥳 First edition drops next Friday – no action needed, you're already in

The Longer, Juicier Version 🍊 

For years, we've lived by a simple mantra: Good People Know Good People.

It's not just a catchy slogan – it's the cornerstone of everything we do. After helping build engineering teams at 100+ startups, we've seen a pattern so clear it's impossible to ignore:

The single greatest predictor of startup success isn't the idea, the market, or even the funding. It's the team.

🛑 Full stop.

We've seen brilliant ideas crash and burn with the wrong people at the helm. And we've seen seemingly ordinary products become unicorns because the right team was building them.

Here's what we've learned: 

Great engineering teams are carefully crafted ecosystems where each person's strengths amplify others…

Where communication flows effortlessly & people actually enjoy showing up every day.

Building these teams is an art and a science – and it's what we obsess over.

So Why Are We Changing Things Up?

Your weekly "Hot Startups Hiring" email has been a hit, but we realized we've been sitting on a goldmine of insider knowledge that we haven't been sharing…

Knowledge like:

• What makes certain engineering teams most effective

• Which organizational structures enable innovation

• How to evaluate startups for their true potential

• Making the leap from engineer to entrepreneur

• Patterns across hundreds of successful (and unsuccessful) engineering teams

This is insider knowledge that typically only exists behind closed doors. 🚪 

And we want to share it with you. 🫡 

Introducing GOOD PEOPLE 

Starting next Friday, "Hot Startups Hiring" is evolving into GOOD PEOPLE – a newsletter & community for engineers who want to join great companies or start their own.

Each week, you'll receive:

1/ Why They're Winning: Deep dives into startups with genuine momentum, revealing the specific problems they're solving, what gives them a competitive advantage, who’s building them, and why customers love them.

2/ Founder Journey: Profiles of technical founders who successfully made the leap from engineer to entrepreneur, with tactical insights on how they identified opportunities and built their first teams.

3/ Team Architecture: Inside looks at innovative engineering team structures that actually work, with specific frameworks you can apply to your own team (or future team).

4/ Beyond the Code: The business & marketing skills every ambitious engineer needs while in the founder waiting room.

5/ Hot Startups Hiring: The same curated list of hot startups that you know and love (yes, we're keeping this section – it's just part of something bigger now!)

It's everything you need to navigate the startup ecosystem with insider knowledge – whether you're looking for your next role or planning to build something of your own.

Why Now? 🤔 

The startup world is full of noise, and it's harder than ever to identify which companies are actually worth your time and talent.

At Coastal, we sit at a unique intersection – we hear unfiltered insights from both founding teams and engineers. 

We notice which founders attract and retain exceptional talent, and how they go on to change their industry.

It's time to share what we know. 📖 

What This Means For You 🫵 

You'll automatically start receiving the new GOOD PEOPLE newsletter next Friday. It'll include all the job opportunities you're used to seeing, plus a wealth of additional insights that will help you become a more informed, connected, and valuable engineer.

If you're primarily interested in job listings, don't worry – the "Hot Startups Hiring" section will make it easy to focus on just those opportunities.

Coming Soon: The Good People Community

This newsletter is just the beginning. In the coming months, we'll be launching:

• A private Slack community where you can connect with other ambitious engineers

• Virtual and in-person events with successful technical founders sharing their journeys

• Practical frameworks for evaluating startup opportunities and team structures

• In-person meetups in major tech hubs (looking at you SF and NYC)

Our mission is to create the most valuable network for engineers who want to join or build companies that matter.

Because at the end of the day, good people really do know good people – and connecting those people is how great things get built.

Here's to building something new together,

❤️ Ryan and the Coastal Recruiting Team.

P.S. We'd love to hear what topics you're most interested in. Hit reply and let us know what you'd like to see covered in upcoming editions of Good People.