Step inside the Group Partner Lounge to hear Y Combinator Group Partners Harj Taggar, Michael Seibel and Brad Flora discuss the many different mistakes founders make when they approach hiring for their startup and how to grow your team the correct way.

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Chapters (Powered by https://bit.ly/chapterme-yc) -
00:00 - Introduction
00:41 - Challenges in startup hiring
02:15 - Lies about hiring and how it doesn't solve all problems
10:14 - Devil advocate - Big companies will have a lot of employees
12:49 - Specialist can save a company a lot of money
14:28 - Takeaway
16:26 - Instinct to over-hire
17:18 - Founders main causes of burnout
18:50 - Summary