Analysis

October 14, 2022

How much should startups pay their first 10 employees?

We spoke to the experts to find out how startups can offer competitive compensation for their very first employees


Emilia Theye (left) and Celina Messner (right)

Building an early-stage team is undeniably tricky — especially for startups with little cash. 

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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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