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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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There are roughly 2 types of start-up management teams. The first type is the kind of management team hired by second+ time founders. Often folks they convince to once again be a VP of Eng or VP of Sales. But most of us are first-time founders, or close to it. Veterans of the SaaS journey.