Founders, imagine there’s a product that takes up to 50% of your time every week and, after AWS, is one of your largest expenses. Imagine that product is the infrastructure that you build everything on top of. Now, imagine not dedicating any headcount to that.
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Why a people person should be one of your startup’s first 10 hires
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