Founding Team and Early Hiring

Genellikle neleri kapsar

1. 1

   Orientation to Startup People Architecture

   • Navigating Early People Debt
   • Mapping the Early Stage Talent Journey
   • Designing Early Compensation Frameworks
   • Deciding Between Contractors and Full-Time Hires
2. 2

   The Founding Team

   • Choosing Co-founders
   • Equity, Roles and the Founders’ Agreement
   • Protecting Assets via IP Assignment and Restraints
   • Structuring Vesting, Acceleration, and Cliffs
   • Handling Co-founder Offboarding and Buybacks
3. 3

   Legal and Equity Structuring for Hires

   • Sizing and Allocating the Option Pool
   • Grant Mechanics, Strike Prices, and Exercise Windows
   • Calibrating Risk Profiles for Early Hires
   • Defining IP and Non-Disclosure Protocols for Staff
4. 4

   Early Hiring

   • When and Who to Hire
   • Hiring Well Without a Brand or a Budget
   • Outbound Sourcing Strategies for Bootstrappers
   • Scoping Generalists Versus Deep Specialists
   • Auditing Candidates via In-Depth Backchannel References
5. 5

   Evaluation, Testing, and Selection

   • Designing Practical Work Sample Tests
   • Running Standardised Structured Interviews
   • Evaluating Culture Addition Over Homophily
   • Closing the Offer and Overcoming Hesitations
6. 6

   Building the Team

   • Culture and Ways of Working
   • Managing and Growing the Team
   • Building 30-60-90 Day Early Onboarding Frameworks
   • Operating Asynchronous Team Communication Rhythms
   • Managing and Offboarding Misaligned Hires Fast
7. 7

   Consolidating People Architecture and Scaling

   • Resolving Critical Founder Fault Lines
   • Navigating the 10-to-30 Headcount Chasm
   • Auditing Team Health and Culture Retention
   • Developing Your People Operating Playbook