How to make your first hires (part 2 of 3)
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Throughout August, I received a lot of questions around hiring.
The topic and answer deserves a lot of detail, and last week I started to go into it on what was the first of a 3-part episode run on how to hire for scaling a business, and here is the second part.
This is a must-listen for anyone who is thinking of hiring, or has hired and wants to learn more about the ins and outs of scaling a business through people.
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Timestamps:
1:50 - 2:36 - Why sales and marketing hires came last
2:36 - 5:20 - Advice for your early hires
5:20 - 8:10 - What makes a bad hire
8:10 - 9:30 - The danger in recruiting people too quickly
9:30 - 13:00 - The importance of passion in a hire
13:00 - 16:35 - What company culture should be focused on
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