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Course N°07Leadership

Your First Ten Hires

with Sarah Lindqvist

Scaled a team from 2 to 200

Who to hire, in what order, how to interview, and how to lead people when you've never managed anyone in your life.

10 lessons10 videos3h 25mBeginnerLifetime access

What you’ll walk away with

Skills, not certificates of attendance

01Sequence your first ten hires for maximum leverage
02Write role scorecards instead of job descriptions
03Run interviews that actually predict performance
04Set compensation without overpaying or insulting
05Have hard conversations early, before they get expensive

Curriculum

3 chapters · 10 lessons

3h 25m total
01Who, and in what order
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  1. 1The hiring sequence most founders get backwardsVideo
    15:33
  2. 2Generalists, specialists, and the messy middleVideo
    13:47
  3. 3Scorecards: define the job before the personVideo
    16:58
02Finding and closing
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  1. 1Sourcing when nobody knows your companyVideo
    17:26
  2. 2The interview loop, minute by minuteVideo
    22:41
  3. 3Reference checks that tell the truthVideo
    11:38
  4. 4Offers, equity, and the closeVideo
    14:12
03Leading them
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  1. 1Your first 1:1sVideo
    13:05
  2. 2Feedback before it festersVideo
    15:20
  3. 3Letting someone go with dignityVideo
    12:49

Your instructor

Sarah Lindqvist

Scaled a team from 2 to 200

Sarah was employee two at a logistics startup and ran people operations through its growth to two hundred. She has personally run over a thousand interviews and cleaned up the aftermath of nearly every hiring mistake a founder can make.

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10 lessons, 3h 25m
10 videos
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