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What Order Should You Hire Your Management Team In?

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ARR VPCS: $2m ARR VPP: $3m-$4m ARR VPE: $5m-$6m ARR CFO: $10m ARR COO: $20m ARR. No matter how great a hacker your CTO is. IME, rough order to make hires in: VPM: $0.2m ARR VPS: $1-$1.5m More here: [link]. — Jason BeKind Lemkin (@jasonlk) July 21, 2019. Enough to invest, but not enough to go crazy with. Wait longer?

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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. And if you are, you are going to naturally start off hiring up-and-comers to your first leadership team. That CTO that doesn’t quite have the traditional background. That’s insightful @jasonlk [link].