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The 10 Roles Every Startup Hires in the Wrong Order

Startup founders mapping out the order of key hires on a whiteboard

Most startup hiring problems do not come from hiring the wrong people. They come from hiring the right people at the wrong time. Between Series A and Series C, that misalignment becomes expensive. Roles get filled in an order that creates more work than it removes. Here are the 10 roles startups most often sequence wrong.