Startup Hiring 101: A Founder’s Guide — coming soon!

Hiring your founding team is one of the most critical decisions you’ll make as a startup founder — but too many get it wrong. Traditional hiring tactics don’t work for early-stage companies, and the right team can mean the difference between scaling successfully or stalling out.

In this exclusive guide, Gem co-founder and CEO Steve Bartel (previously an engineering leader at Dropbox) shares the battle-tested hiring strategies that helped Gem scale from $0 to millions in ARR — and now power some of the fastest-growing companies, including Anthropic, DoorDash, Zillow, and Asana.

What You’ll Learn:

  • The biggest hiring mistakes early-stage founders make — and how to avoid them

  • How to attract top talent when you don’t have brand recognition

  • Proven tactics to scale efficiently from Seed to Series B and beyond

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