Startup Hiring
topic on 5 shows · 6 statements across 6 episodes
the Y Combinator Startup Podcast 
Innovators & Investors 
Startups For the Rest of Us 
the Knowledge Project 
20VC
6 statements about Startup Hiring, every show
Browder: Business school credentials are a counter-signal for startup hires
“I think business score is actually a counter signal.”
Hiring is an anti-failure measure rather than a startup success metric
“Hiring is not a success metric at all. It's sort of like a way to not go under or have a functioning company fail.”
Founders should hire leaders one or two chapters ahead, not ten
“My observation is that when you try to hire someone that is from a company that is one chapter or two chapters ahead, they tend to work out better. And part of that is because they're only one or two chapters ahead of you. If you try to hire someone who you're…”
Wisler: Hiring full-time early staff across design and HR is highly inefficient
“There's a lot of things at the earliest stage. That are highly inefficient to handle by hiring full-time staff. All of the, even design, even some of the product development, but certainly, you know, back office and support for the HR function and some of the …”
Gross: Founders fail in hiring by confusing 'poet' and 'librarian' roles
“The first thing I see go right or wrong in a hire is knowing what you are hiring for, and the biggest question people tend to get confused are, and wait with me for a minute on this, is are you hiring a poet, or are you hiring a librarian? Which is to say, For…”
Steers: A founder's personal narrative is what convinces early startup hires
“The only thing I would add is it's not just your company, it's about you. Because the most interesting thing about what you do is who you are. So there's plenty of developers who can code like the wind, but you and your specific story and why this problem and …”