Your first 40 hires will make or break your entire company culture
“I think those first 40 people you hire are by far the most important of anything.”
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I'd like to, build on that. I might like, I I agree with you to a degree. I think those first 40 people you hire are by far the most important of anything. So I think, like, having a view on what your values are and then hiring people to those values, I think, is so critical. If you get that wrong, you end up with a culture that is is not not right.
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A startup founder emphasizes that the first 40 people you hire are the most critical hires you'll ever make. They argue that having clear values and hiring specifically to those values is essential, because getting this wrong will create a fundamentally flawed company culture that's hard to fix later.
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This gives concrete, actionable advice about a make-or-break decision that every early-stage founder faces.
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