A VC in Vacationland

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Start-ups do not have a lot of time or money to make sure part time, full time or contract employees are, to be blunt, not crooks.  BeenVerified offers an inexpensive and  quick background check capability which can alert you that the person you are about to (or already have) hired is all that they say they are.

To be clear, simple checks may not always identify (or may mis-identify) crooks in the workplace.  But they give you a place to start.  You may want to pay more for more exotic services.

And you can use Dave's favorite question: "When I do a background check on you, I am not going to find anything questionable in your background, right?"  It's a legal question, by the way….