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January 11, 2023

Scaling from 5 to 50 employees — your startup hiring roadmap

We gathered advice from founders and investors on scaling an early-stage team


Hiring as an early-stage startup is no picnic. A shoestring budget, coupled with a lack of time and recruitment know-how — not to mention the fierce competition for tech talent — can make hiring your first 5 to 50 employees a difficult task. 

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A headshot of Alan Poensgen, partner at Antler VC
Alan Poensgen, partner at Antler VC
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Namrata Sandhu, founder and CEO of Vaayu
Namrata Sandhu, founder and CEO of Vaayu
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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

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