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ithout further ado,
here are 6
Must-do´s while hiring for a startup.
1) Punch above your weight
A startup literally is its team in the beginning. These are the people who will signal your ambition and set your limits. So, go for the people you think you can’t get. You’ll be surprised and once you’ve got the first few heroes it will become a lot easier to attract more of them. This is not a luxury. It seems obvious to punch above your weight but a successful startup will continually shift up the weight categories. If you don’t get these people you’ll get stuck.
Make the first 20 hires deliberately with the future in mind
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2) Hire deliberately
You’re not hiring to fill a job, you’re building a company. Make the first 20 hires deliberately with the future in mind. Don’t hire people just because they’re good in general and available. These kinds of opportunistic or bad hires early on in a startup’s life can sink you. The cost of a pointless hire has been put at between $25k-$50k. That’s money that most startups cannot afford to waste. Beyond the cost of getting it wrong, your first few hires will set the tone for the future. Getting it right will make something that’s intrinsically hard a lot easier.
PRO TIP: Avoid hiring a candidate who badmouths their previous employers and coworkers.
for the future. Getting it right will make something that’s intrinsically hard a lot easier.
PRO TIP: Avoid hiring a candidate who badmouths their previous employers and coworkers.
3) Hire for potential
A successful startup will quickly outgrow everyone’s current skills and roles. If things work out as intended it’s going to grow and morph unpredictably. So will the demands on your employees. One of the most exhausting aspects of startups is this constant evolution, or as some founders call it “keeping up with their own company”.
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