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Cassidy: Early startups can only double headcount every three months

Mike Cassidy · Meta's Sheryl Sandberg: Lead, lead again · Oct 6, 2017 · at 16:54

Serial tech entrepreneur Mike Cassidy explains the bandwidth limits on early-stage hiring with Reid Hoffman.

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“If you've got six people in the company, you can probably only hire another six people in three months, and then another 12 people three months after that.”

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