Comment on Ask HN: As a first-time solopreneur how would you go about hiring the first teamComments−rcyeh2yEchoing several of the comments here about learning by doing, I think Ben Horowitz’s “Hard thing about hard things” may recommend that too. See section (and blog post) “If you’ve never done the job, how do you hire somebody good?” with pitfalls:https://a16z.com/hiring-executives-if-youve-never-done-the-j...“The very best way to know what you want is to act in the role. ... In addition, ... bring in domain experts.”
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Echoing several of the comments here about learning by doing, I think Ben Horowitz’s “Hard thing about hard things” may recommend that too. See section (and blog post) “If you’ve never done the job, how do you hire somebody good?” with pitfalls:
https://a16z.com/hiring-executives-if-youve-never-done-the-j...
“The very best way to know what you want is to act in the role. ... In addition, ... bring in domain experts.”