What Do Top 1% Startup Employees Want?

I think a lot of founders are scared of criticism. The truth is, if your company is going to be successful, the users who encounter your product in the first few months are such a tiny fraction of all future users. I’d rather our first 10 users tell me why our product blows so I can fix it prior to onboarding the next 10,000.

How to convince people to join your startup

I actually researched and covered this in a previous issue, so go read that post. Here’s the high-level summary of what you need to get right:

1. Captivating vision —Make it easy for candidates to visualize what you are building toward and to feel like their work will be meaningful.


2. A++ early team —The best

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One of the biggest mistakes I see founders make is that they hire too quickly. Once their startup raises $1M+, they immediately want to recruit 8-10 people to look "official," when in reality they should be focused on the mechanics of finding product market fit.