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Hire Your First People

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Make your first hires with the evidence and the rules: the full cost, worker status, fair ads and screens, structured interviews and paid work samples, transparent pay, a written offer and an onboarding that keeps people. General education, not legal advice.

3h 01m5 constellations
AT THE SUMMIT, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO

01Cost a hire against your runway and judge worker status honestly

02Write ads and screens that attract more of the people who could do the job

03Choose with a scorecard, structured interviews and a paid work sample

04Make a transparent offer and onboard people so they stay

Every lesson of Hire Your First People

15 lessons in 5 levels, about 3 hours. Level 1 is free.

Level 1Ready to Hire?Free · 3 lessons
  1. What a hire really costsCost the whole hire, and see what it does to your runway.12 min
  2. Employee or contractor?Judge worker status from the real relationship, not the label.12 min
  3. Checkpoint: the first-hire checklistKnow the registrations and documents to have in place before day one.12 min
Level 2Attract the Right PeopleMembership · 3 lessons
  1. A job ad that worksWrite an ad that describes the work, shows the pay and invites everyone who could do it.12 min
  2. Referrals, and the shape of your networkUse referrals for what they're good at, and widen the net.12 min
  3. Checkpoint: screen fairlyKeep bias out of the first filter, and the same bar to the end.12 min
Level 3Choose WellMembership · 3 lessons
  1. A scorecard before résumésDecide what good looks like before you meet anyone.12 min
  2. Paid work samplesDesign a short, fair, paid task that shows how someone really works.12 min
  3. Checkpoint: decide with the scoresTurn scores into a decision without letting one voice or one feeling take over.12 min
Level 4Make the OfferMembership · 3 lessons
  1. Set pay transparentlySet a range and criteria you can explain to anyone.12 min
  2. The offer and day-one paperworkPut the offer in writing and have the day-one documents ready.12 min
  3. Checkpoint: close well, and tell the othersFinish the process fairly for the person you hire and the people you don't.12 min
Level 5The First 90 DaysMembership · 3 lessons
  1. Onboarding that worksBuild the three things new people need to settle in.12 min
  2. The 30-60-90 check-insCatch problems early with short, planned conversations.12 min
  3. Capstone: your hiring planPut the whole hire (from cost to day 90) on one page.13 min
FREE

Level 1 is open.

Membership opens every other level of this path.

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AFTER THE CORE

Keep going where this path leads.

Lead Your First TeamOne-to-ones, delegation and feedback · 3h 30m
Business Finance & Cash FlowRunway and hiring math · 3h 29m