Sunday, May 24, 2026·Operations
Hire slow when you are still learning.
“Adding people to an unclear problem multiplies the confusion.”
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Why this matters
Until the founders know what works, hiring spreads vague intuition across more people. First clarify the playbook, then hire to execute it.
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Try this today
Write the job you are tempted to hire for as a one-page playbook, and try executing it yourself for a week.
Founder question
Are you hiring to solve a problem or to avoid one?
Operations
Hire slow when you are still learning.
“Adding people to an unclear problem multiplies the confusion.”
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Boring can be beautiful.
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Failure
Founders quit before products fail.
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