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What Order Should You Hire Your Management Team In?

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IME, rough order to make hires in: VPM: $0.2m ARR VPCS: $2m ARR VPP: $3m-$4m ARR VPE: $5m-$6m ARR CFO: $10m ARR COO: $20m ARR. — Jason BeKind Lemkin (@jasonlk) July 21, 2019. He asked which to hire first. Hiring is so hard as it is. Make the hire now. ARR VPS: $1-$1.5m More here: [link].

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Bet On Up-and-Comers. But Add One Veteran For Each $10m ARR.

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And that means your initial leadership team often takes you faster, and further, than you might ever think. The first type is the kind of management team hired by second+ time founders. And if you are, you are going to naturally start off hiring up-and-comers to your first leadership team. And that’s great.