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Startup Guide: Hiring, Fundraising, Building Teams

Version One Ventures · versionone.vc Free Intermediate

A VC-authored handbook that treats hiring alongside fundraising and team-building as one connected system - useful once you're thinking about leadership hires in the context of a fundraise, not in isolation.

  • Connects hiring decisions to fundraising timing and investor expectations.
  • Covers team-building beyond just individual hires - structure, roles, reporting lines.
  • VC perspective on what a fundable leadership team looks like at each stage.
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The question it answers

  1. When should I hire a CEO or president to run the company so I can step back or focus on product?

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