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Building the initial team for seed stage startups One of the most exciting events for a startup is landing seed funding, which transforms a "2 dudes in a living room idea" into something with much more potential. I wanted to summarize a couple things that are relevant for this stage, learned from personal experiences and conversations with other entrepreneurs. This blog is targeted at startups who have raised their first $500k-1M of funding, which often leads to hiring 4-6 people - this first batch of folks is critical, of course. Here's a quick outline of some of the things I've encountered: - Hiring T-shaped people versus specialists - Try to get doers - More candidate flow solves a lot of problems - Interview for the actual work you'll be doing, not skillset trivia - Raw intelligence is just one factor - don't overestimate it More here Read TradeBriefs every day, for the top insights! Advertisers of the day Kellogg Executive Education: Kellogg's Senior Management Program | June 2019 | Enroll Now EMERITUS Institute of Management: Postgraduate Diploma in Innovation & Design Thinking program| Accepting Applications Our advertisers help fund the daily operations of TradeBriefs. We request you to accept our promotional emails. Get today's top stories here More Retail stories More Telecom stories More Finance stories More IT stories More Ecommerce stories More Digital stories More HR stories More Logistics stories More Construction stories More Sports stories More Life stories Get today's top stories here

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