Head of People needs to be one of your first ten hires

Dean Woods
Nov 4 · 4 min read
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In the startup world, you hear a lot of talk about your first ten hires. Your first ten hires will, in all likelihood, end up being your leadership team as you scale. They’ll get the most equity (roughly one point each) and play the biggest role in growing the business.

The logical takeaway then is that you need absolutely incredible people to fill this role.

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Dean Woods

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Startup executive, recovering consultant, Wharton Grad. I write about real startups (my venture backed day job) and micro-startups (my bootstrapped nights)

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