We plan to bring eChai across 100 cities in India. It starts with eChai Startup Demo Day on 26 September, all in person. 13 cities confirmed, 706 founders registered. Any city that reaches 20 interested founders is on too. See your city
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How do we preserve culture and values as we grow past the first team? Codify your values into concrete hiring, feedback, and promotion decisions, culture scales through who you reward and who you let go, not through s... Advanced 3 resources → How do I let someone go the right way when a hire is not working out in a small team? Decide fast, execute with dignity. If you have given clear feedback twice and nothing changed, you already know; dragging it out hurts them, you, a... Advanced 3 resources → How transparent should I be with the team about runway, salaries, and hard news? Be radically transparent about runway and direction, and deliberate about individual salaries. Share the real runway number and monthly burn in eve... Advanced 3 resources → How do I set up basic HR and statutory compliance in India without a full HR hire? Get the legal floor right early: proper appointment letters, PF and ESI registration once you cross the thresholds, professional tax where applicab... Advanced 3 resources →
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