Resources

Hiring Resources

Discover valuable resources to help you with your hiring process and find the right talent for your startup.

Guide

Why Founders Should Lead Hiring in the Early Stages and How to Do It Right

Discover why founder-led hiring is critical in early-stage startups. Learn how direct involvement reduces misfits, protects culture, and accelerates execution plus data-backed strategies to do it right.

Jun 7, 2025
Guide

Top 7 Non-Technical Roles Every Startup Needs to Scale Successfully

Discover the top 7 non-technical startup roles every founder must hire to scale successfully—from product managers to growth marketers, ops leads, and chiefs of staff. Learn how each role drives traction, retention, and operational clarity. Perfect for early-stage startups looking to build a high-performing, well-rounded team beyond engineering.

Jun 25, 2025
Handbook

Tech Founder’s Hiring Playbook 2025

Learn how to hire your first employee as a tech startup founder with this comprehensive 2025 guide. Discover modern hiring trends, AI recruitment tools, tier-2 city talent pools, and step-by-step checklists for sourcing, interviewing, and onboarding your first hire. Scale your startup the smart way!

Jun 14, 2025
Guide

5 Challenges for First-Time Founders (And How to Win)

Discover the real hiring challenges first-time founders face in 2025 from cultural mis-hires to recruiter bloat and slow time-to-hire. Learn how FAH’s founder-to-talent model and curated talent drops deliver faster, higher-quality hires for startups. Ready to build your core team? Start hiring smarter today.

Jun 23, 2025
Handbook

How to Hire Your First 10 Employees: A Founder’s Step-by-Step Guide

Learn the proven, step-by-step process for hiring your first 10 employees as a founder. Discover actionable tips to avoid costly mistakes, improve cultural fit, and streamline your startup hiring using direct founder-to-candidate tools. Start building your dream team with FoundersAreHiring’s curated, recruiter-free platform.

Jun 25, 2025