Don't Make These Hiring Mistakes
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Step inside the Group Partner Lounge to hear Y Combinator Group Partners Harj Taggar, Michael Seibel and Brad Flora discuss the many different mistakes founders make when they approach hiring for their startup and how to grow your team the correct way. Apply to Y Combinator: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/ Work at a startup: https://www.ycombinator.com/jobs Chapters (Powered by https://bit.ly/chapterme-yc) - 00:00 - Introduction 00:41 - Challenges in startup hiring 02:15 - Lies about hiring and how it doesn't solve all problems 10:14 - Devil advocate - Big companies will have a lot of employees 12:49 - Specialist can save a company a lot of money 14:28 - Takeaway 16:26 - Instinct to over-hire 17:18 - Founders main causes of burnout 18:50 - Summary
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