All founder topics
P1
Early team

Hiring the First Team

Turn an overloaded founder role into a scorecard, evidence-based selection process, and owned first-month outcome.

Role-risk scorecardDuring the first-team build15 minute setup

1 · Diagnose

What makes the next hire risky?
Choose one

2 · Commit

Choose the next hiring artifact to complete before advancing the process.
One action

3 · Apply

What would show the hiring system—not instinct alone—is working?
Select all that count

4 · Follow through

Choose how CoachGPT should bring you back
One-time reminder

Send on your review date

Uses your current device timezone.

Make the start smaller

Choose the smallest 10-minute action that creates motion. A smaller real step beats a larger saved plan.

Mark it in motion after the first action