Category: Recruiting & Culture

First, a warning: Unless you have product-market-fit and you are drowning in demand, the answer to your startup’s problems right now is probably not more employees.  Adding another employee should be the last resort. I have yet to hear from a founder shutting down their company that only if they had hired more employees, their… Continue reading How to recruit your early employees

The Right Co-Founder Before the idea, the market, the funding or the opportunity, the most important tool in your survival kit is your co-founder. Increase your chance of survival by picking a co-founder that meets these four criteria: Mutual Admiration Mutual Respect Mutual Trust Charisma: Leadership potential. On Charisma: This is how a co-founder will scale,… Continue reading Recruiting a co-founder