Bootstrapper Agent

Hiring

Your first hires change the company more than any feature. This shelf covers when to hire, who to look for, what to outsource and how to stop being the bottleneck.

7 entries on this shelf, our first picks at the top

  1. How to Make Your First Hire

    Episode, Rob Walling, Mike Taber

    Best forSolo founders drowning in work they could hand off.

  2. What to Outsource (and What to Keep): A Bootstrapped Founder Framework

    Talk, Kevin Graham, 16 min

    Best forSmall-team founders deciding whether to hire, contract out, or keep doing a job themselves.

  3. How to Find, Hire, and Work with Owner-Level Thinkers

    Episode, Rob Walling, 32 min

    Best forFounders ready to hire someone who can run a whole area.

  4. Increase Your Exit Price by Decoupling Yourself from Your Business with John Warrillow

    Episode, Rob Walling, John Warrillow, 31 min

    Best forFounders who are the single point of failure in their own company.

  5. Scaling a SaaS to €35M ARR: 3 Mistakes I'd Never Repeat

    Talk, Tim Vandecasteele, 10 min

    Best forFounders moving from a handful of people to a real team who are still the bottleneck on decisions.

  6. Non-Technical Founder? 5 Ways to Build Your SaaS Product

    Talk, Adrian Marin, 10 min

    Best forNon-technical founders with an idea who don't know how to get a first version built.

  7. How to Bootstrap and Sell a SaaS: 10 Lessons from WebinarNinja Founder Omar Zenhom

    Talk, Omar Zenhom, 25 min

    Best forFounders several years in who are asking whether to keep going, hire up, or sell.