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Recruiting is THE most leveraged thing founders do. If you recruit well, you can do many other things poorly and still thrive. The good news is that who and how you hire are the most predictive and controllable inputs to your company's success. The bad news is that many founders approach recruiting as a series of transactions rather than as a strategic pillar of company building. As the company grows, founders might be tempted to hire a recruiter or outsource parts of the recruiting process to team members or agencies. Don’t succumb to this notion. Now is the time to triple down on founder-led recruiting, not hand it off or staff it out!! Read more on founder-led recruiting & subscribe to Hooked on Substack: https://lnkd.in/gsTBT7hH Thanks, Christopher Aberger (Numbers Station AI) for your insights! Shannon Anderson
🙌 "Founder-led recruiting, when executed well, is a predictor of startup success." 🙌
You nailed it, Christopher Aberger. I've seen firsthand that founders who outsource recruiting at the early stages of company building miss the entire point of being a great company builder (and their exits reflect this deficiency—that's the truth, not hyperbole). Recruiting/hiring is one of the few things in a founder's control. Since "you are who you hire", why on earth would a founder give up the opportunity to shape and impact the trajectory of their company with every hire? Well, often, founders come from environments where recruiting is mostly done for them so they may have a fatal blind spot here. My team at Madrona is here to coach our first-time founders every step of the way. We are here to help with the transition as they become FRIQin* awesome at founder-led Recruiting. *FRIQ = Founder Recruiting IQ) 🧠 #YouAreWhoYouHire #AlwaysBeRecruiting
Great founders get it. Recruiting isn’t a task, it's a strategy.