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Every Way to Hire Is Broken in the Same Place
Every hiring option is good at something — and every one fails at the same point. Naming that gap changes how you think about the whole decision.
The Cheapest Hour Is the Most Expensive Way to Build
For the right job, BPO is the correct call. This piece is about what happens when founders reach for the wrong one.
"I Want to Hire Them Myself." Which Part, Exactly?
There's a version of hiring your own people that is one of the smartest instincts a founder can have, and a version that quietly costs you a quarter.
You can’t rent the team your trying to Build
If you need one good engineer for one defined piece of work, a marketplace is the right tool, and I'd tell you to use it.
Don't Starve the Moat to Pay the Engineer
For most startups, payroll is already 60 to 75 percent of everything they spend, and hiring is the single biggest thing that accelerates burn.