Early startup hiring, part 1: hiring strategies
One of the most important aspects of joining a startup as an early employee is helping it grow, and that means hiring. Hiring is probably the most useful and transferable skill I’ve picked up as an early employee. I’ll cover more of the specifics of how to set up good hiring processes in future posts of this three-part series. For this post, I want to start where all hiring processes start: with a decision to hire someone. It’s not obvious to figure out when you need a hire and what kind of hire you need, and in the past few years of mistakes and successes I’ve picked up a few philosophies which I want to share here. ... Read more