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Harj Taggar

11/02/22

@ Y Combinator

Successful companies often hire former founders to lead product divisions, leveraging their experience in building and managing products.

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Should You Start A Startup? | Startup School

@ Y Combinator

Should You Start A Startup? | Startup School

11/02/22

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To succeed, you need small, focused teams that can quickly build products, and we often hire former founders for these roles.

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Paul Copplestone

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We hire ex-founders who are reluctant managers but know they have to manage, which helps us prepare for the next stages of the company.

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It's common for founders to want to hire an executive team prematurely, influenced by the success stories of established companies, but this can be misguided without product-market fit.

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New founders often feel the need to hire more employees to gain status, while experienced founders prefer smaller teams to avoid the challenges of managing larger companies.

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Having experience in a successful company can help founders understand the culture and mechanics of operating an innovative organization.

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Hiring great managers and executives can change the dynamic, as they understand how to leverage a founder's authority to achieve goals rather than isolate them.

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Successful founders often have unique insights from direct experience in their industry, which can lead to innovative solutions that investors might overlook.

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Peter Reinhardt

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Hiring experienced executives at the right time can dramatically impact a startup's growth and management capabilities.

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Founders who start with a small team often learn to view their company as a product that needs to be engineered, which includes effectively managing people as resources.