Everyone knows that great gimmicks are the key to hiring top developers for your startup.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s why small AI startup LemonLime\u2014which \u201coptimizes your existing data to work with AI\u201d\u2014has so many of them. Want a job interview? Score a perfect 7\/7 on the company\u2019s own \u201cIs it a Lemon or a Lime?<\/a>\u201d game. Or\u2014hear me out\u2014get something permanently tattooed on your flesh.<\/p>\n LemonLime has tried both tactics in the past few weeks. The tattoo stunt generated the most publicity, of course, much of it negative. According to a writeup in Inc., seven people took the deal<\/a> and got tattooed with the LemonLime logo during a party.<\/p>\n Backlash was immediate, and CEO Jordan Zietz has now copped to \u201cpoor judgement,\u201d saying he \u201cmessed up\u201d and got a little \u201ccarried away.\u201d<\/p>\n 7 days a week<\/p>\n LemonLime is a small company with a grindset mentality. If you think you\u2019re going to work there and, say, \u201chave free weekends,\u201d you are fooling yourself. The \u201centire team shows up to the office 7 days a week,\u201d Zietz wrote in a LinkedIn post two weeks ago<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cOver a dozen applicants thus far have withdrawn after stating that they do not work past 5 pm or on weekends,\u201d he added. \u201cLol.\u201d<\/p>\n