A friend gave you a referral. The interview was good. They seemed eager. Really nice. So you hired the conversation — not the job.
Six months later, the team has quietly reorganized around their weaknesses. You're paying severance. You're starting over. The role you needed filled? Still empty.
That's a $100K mistake — minimum. Every founder I work with has made one. Most have made two.
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You didn't hire a bad person. You hired an available person. A referred person. A cheap person. A familiar person.
You hired on chemistry. On gut. On the energy in the intro call. The conversation felt good — so you skipped the parts of the process that would've caught the problem.
Six months in, Slack is quiet. Status updates look fine. But you already know. Nothing is actually moving.
The cost isn't the salary. It's the year of momentum you're not getting back.
You don't have a hiring problem. You have a
process problem.
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