Ross Mayfield comments on Heidi Rozen’s reflection about the impact underhiring has on a startup’s potential success.
Amen. In my experience, many start-up CEO’s can’t believe how much time it takes to get the hiring right. It’s consistently underestimated. And, following a bad hire, the time lost to correct it is also way too long. I can’t remember anyone saying “Gee, I really wish I had waited a while longer before letting that person go!”
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Ross is absolutely right. I was his first employee at two companies and he really has the right perspective and intuition in this area.