Your First 20 Hires Will Make or Break Your Company

For growth-stage businesses, the first 20 hires aren’t just team members — they’re culture-setters. Get them right, and you build a foundation for scale. Get them wrong, and you’ll spend years untangling people problems instead of growing.

Mistakes Founders Make

• Hiring for speed over strategy

• Ignoring leadership onboarding

• Treating roles as “fill the seat” instead of “fuel the growth”

What Strong Early Hires Look Like

• Aligned to your values and mission

• Equipped with clarity around success

• Supported with systems, not just job descriptions

Our Approach

Using our Bridge Method™, we help founders:

• Define success profiles for early roles

• Align leadership around hiring priorities

• Create repeatable systems so future hires are just as strong