Chasing growth against the team
We tripled the team in six months and nobody carried the culture. By year end everyone but the founders had changed.
Podcast episode
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After the round we had a single goal: hire fast. We shortened interviews, stopped calling references and told ourselves they would learn on the way.
By month six the team had gone from 12 to 34 and nobody knew who did what.
Key takeaways
Hiring speed is not a goal
The goal is the right person; speed is only a by-product.
Culture has to be written down
Spoken culture carries 12 people, not 30.