Leadership: Hiring & recruitment
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Hiring & recruitment
Podcast
Amantha Imber answers 25 questions on work, leadership, and innovation
How I Work
October 30, 2019
Hiring & recruitment
8
Deep work & focus
8
Culture building
7
- Busy is a time-allocation myth, not a capacity problem.
- Peer mentoring groups outperform formal mentors for founders.
- Moving from CEO to maker took three years of planning.
Building startup culture in the first 20 employees
Y Combinator
August 29, 2019
Culture building
10
Hiring & recruitment
7
Vision & mission
6
- Your first 20 employees are your cultural DNA — get them wrong and it compounds.
- Values must be outward-facing to give employees real guardrails on hard decisions.
- You cannot retrofit diversity or culture at 100 people — the window is now.
Hiring & recruitment
YouTube
The first four hires to scale a small business
StoryBrand With Donald Miller
July 23, 2019
Hiring & recruitment
9
Outsourcing & delegation
6
- A personal assistant is always the right first hire
- The chief of staff duplicates you — until it stops working around $7M
- A COO thinks in processes, not vision, and unlocks real scale
Managing technical teams: lessons from IC to engineering leader
Y Combinator
July 17, 2019
Management
9
Delegation
7
Hiring & recruitment
5
- Coding your way out of a team problem is always the wrong move.
- Removing one toxic person improves team output more than you expect.
- Leadership is providing clarity in ambiguity — not a title or charisma.
Hiring & recruitment
YouTube
Why hiring a "rock star" employee usually backfires
StoryBrand With Donald Miller
July 15, 2019
- High-reputation hires often disappoint — the reputation is the problem
- Wanting a rescuer is a trap; no single hire fixes your company
- Hire for enthusiasm about your specific problems, not credentials
Hiring & recruitment
YouTube
How early-stage startups should approach hiring, culture, and inclusion
Y Combinator
July 10, 2019
Hiring & recruitment
10
Culture building
7
Management
5
- Proactively sourced candidates are hired 35% faster than cold applicants.
- Impact descriptions outperform job postings for talent quality and diversity.
- Build inclusive culture before hiring diverse candidates, not after.
Hiring & recruitment
YouTube
Staff your liabilities to expand your impact
StoryBrand With Donald Miller
July 9, 2019
Hiring & recruitment
9
Identity & self-belief
6
- Hiring to cover your weaknesses is the core growth lever.
- A visionary without an executor hits a ceiling fast.
- Treat your whole team as one brain — audit the gaps.
Hiring & recruitment
YouTube
Hire a chief of staff, then a COO, to scale yourself
StoryBrand With Donald Miller
July 9, 2019
Hiring & recruitment
9
Outsourcing & delegation
7
- Chief of staff duplicates your judgment; COO replaces it with process
- The chief of staff role has a natural ceiling — you can't scale a person
- Write the job description before hiring: beyond executive assistant
Hiring & recruitment
YouTube
Building a team that attracts and retains top talent
Bill Gallagher
June 26, 2019
Hiring & recruitment
9
Culture building
9
Delegation
7
- Top people aren't job-hunting — you have to find them yourself
- Ask employees their one life goal, then make it the company's mission
- Zero voluntary departures: why genuine care outperforms any retention tactic
Hiring & recruitment
YouTube
Hire entry-level people who can run the department within two years
StoryBrand With Donald Miller
June 3, 2019
Hiring & recruitment
9
Management
5
- Entry-level hires should pass a 24-month leadership potential test
- Fast growth creates internal vacancies — unprepared assistants leave gaps
- Hiring from within beats external hires on cost and customer continuity
Hiring & recruitment
YouTube
How to find a cofounder: YC's data and advice
Y Combinator
May 23, 2019
Hiring & recruitment
9
Equity & cap tables
6
- 94% of top YC companies have cofounders — solo founding is rare at scale.
- Best cofounders come from school or work, where trust is already built.
- Equal equity split signals equal commitment for the 8–10 year journey ahead.
Hiring & recruitment
YouTube
How to find and compensate startup advisors
Y Combinator
April 30, 2019
Hiring & recruitment
8
Equity & cap tables
7
- Advisors 3–5 years ahead of you are the most useful
- Equity grants typically run 0.25%–0.75% over two years
- CEOs must synthesise advice from many sources, not outsource decisions
Hiring & recruitment
YouTube
Why job titles should serve employees, not hierarchies
StoryBrand With Donald Miller
April 29, 2019
Hiring & recruitment
8
Prospecting & outreach
5
- Your title determines whether external calls get returned.
- Give small-company employees the biggest credible title possible.
- Toms founder still uses 'Chief Shoe Giver' after 12 years.
Hiring & recruitment
YouTube
Three qualities to look for when hiring early-stage startup employees
Y Combinator
April 18, 2019
- Hire people you already trust — prior relationship beats credentials.
- Deep specialisation at the early stage constrains your product direction.
- Early employees must flex across design, code, customers, and partnerships.
Hiring & recruitment
YouTube
How to find a technical cofounder as a non-technical founder
Y Combinator
April 12, 2019
Hiring & recruitment
9
Long-term planning
5
- Make a real equity offer — not a request for weekend help.
- Work at a small startup to build an engineering network fast.
- College friendships are the most underused co-founder pipeline.