Episode 39
Hiring a Team for your Technical Startup with Natalie Ledbetter
This week, I talked to Natalie Ledbetter, Head of People and Platform at Boldstart Ventures, about how technical founders should approach hiring and team building at the beginning of the company's life.
March 3, 202137m 26s
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Show Notes
This week, I talked to Natalie Ledbetter, Head of People and Platform at Boldstart Ventures. We talked about how startups can approach team and culture building, including:
- How to prioritize your hires
- Common mistakes founders make when building a team
- Why you should always avoid brilliant jerks, even if they are very brilliant
- How to divide responsibilities between founders
- Anticipating growth and setting your team up so that it can scale as easily as possible
- The difference in skills sets between 'startup people' and employees you would want to hire later on
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