Friend asked for advice on hiring his first employees.
I set a 60 min timer and ✍️
https://t.co/m6VQQgcfmU
Friend asked for advice on hiring his first employees. I set a 60 min timer and ✍️ https://t.co/m6VQQgcfmU
Many startup employees get screwed by their companies.
The company isn’t funded as promised or they never get equity.
Here are 7 things I’d require from the company before signing an offer:
founding a startup means committing 5+ years of your life to something
especially when you raise vc money
here are 3 things to know before going after vc funding:
The classic way to burn through cash is by hiring a lot of people.
This bites you twice: in addition to increasing your costs, it slows
you down—so money that's getting consumed faster has to last
longer. Most hackers understand why that happens; Fred Brooks
explained it in The Mythical Man-Month.We have three general suggestions about hiring: (a) don'... See more
This bites you twice: in addition to increasing your costs, it slows
you down—so money that's getting consumed faster has to last
longer. Most hackers understand why that happens; Fred Brooks
explained it in The Mythical Man-Month.We have three general suggestions about hiring: (a) don'... See more
The 18 Mistakes That Kill Startups
Obsess on your first ten hires.