Team, Co-founders & Legal
Hiring your first employees
Your first ten hires are your culture.
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 ...
What kind of people should my first ten hires be?
Generalists who are fast, low-ego, and comfortable with ambiguity, your first ten hires ARE your culture, so hire for slope over intercept and valu...
How do I compensate early employees with salary and equity in India?
Pay a fair, honest salary you can sustain plus meaningful ESOPs from your option pool, early employees take real risk and should share the upside. ...
How do I interview and evaluate candidates when I've never hired before?
Skip trivia and whiteboard theatre, give a paid, real-world work sample that mirrors the actual job and watch how they think, communicate, and foll...