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Hiring your first employees
Your first ten hires are your culture.
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When should I make my first hire?
Hire later than feels comfortable, the best YC companies wait, because employees add cost, complexity, and communication overhead you can't easily ...
How do I make my very first hire feel productive in their first two weeks instead of lost?
Have a written onboarding plan before they walk in, even if it's a single doc. Give them one real, shippable task in week one so they feel useful, ...
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