Building the initial team for seed stage startups at andrewchen
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Building the initial team for seed stage startups at andrewchen
Hiring for an early-stage company requires founders to actively seek out a specific set of traits in each candidate. Our new guide outlines the 3 traits every early-stage hire should exhibit, plus interview questions founders can use to vet: https://t.co/z4ri6lLjIn
Unusual Venturesx.comCold outreach
I was surprised to learn that the second most common channel for finding early employees is cold outreach—finding people you want to hire and reaching out to them directly. These outreaches happened mostly through LinkedIn and GitHub, and unlike channel #1, this is something anyone can do.
I was surprised to learn that the second most common channel for finding early employees is cold outreach—finding people you want to hire and reaching out to them directly. These outreaches happened mostly through LinkedIn and GitHub, and unlike channel #1, this is something anyone can do.
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I would take more of a micro-view of it. Which is: Okay, how many great product pickers do you have, people who can actually conceptualize new products? And then how many great architects do you have, who can actually build it? Sometimes, by the way, those are the same person. Sometimes it’s a solo act. And sometimes that’s the founder.