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Building a Winning Team: Your Startup’s Secret Weapon 💪 Behind every successful startup is a team of passionate, driven individuals. Startups thrive when their teams are aligned with the company’s vision and mission. As a founder, your role is to attract the best talent—people who believe in your vision as much as you do. But it’s not just about technical skills; cultural fit is just as important. How do you create an environment where innovation and collaboration flourish? As you scale, maintaining this culture is key. What strategies are you using to build a team that’s in it for the long haul? #StartupTeams #Leadership #CultureMatters

🚀 How do you make a successful first hire for your product team? We spoke with Breanne Hargreaves, Strategy & Growth Director at Evolving Web, for expert advice on choosing the right product leader for your startup and building a high-performing product and design team. 📈 Check out her key insights! 👇 #ProductManagement #Startup #TeamBuilding #Leadership #Hiring #GrowthStrategy

As a founder & CEO, one of your main concerns should be establishing a team that can scale. So once you’ve achieved PMF and are ready to scale, what do you look out for when recruiting talent? 🙋Culture Fit  ⚒️ Skills ⚙️ Adaptability  🚀 Leadership Why is ‘culture fit’ first in that list? According to the Startup Handbook - founding team friction is one of the leading causes of startup failure. So don’t let interpersonal relationships get in the way of executing on a great idea. Make sure that your hires, regardless of skill or education or any other thing, mesh well with you team. It will only make you stronger in the end. 💪🌱 #leadership #growth #founder #recruiting #talent

Building a Sales Team in a Startup: Empowering Reps to Innovate & Align with Goals 📈 Building a Sales team in a startup is about more than just filling positions. It’s about creating an environment where reps can innovate, be creative and aligning their efforts with the company’s goals and for me as a leaders recognizing their personal aspirations. By fostering a culture of experimentation and aligning goals at both the company and personal levels, startups can create a powerful, motivated and effective sales team that drives long-term success. 🚀 . . . . #startup #sales #leadership #leadfromthefront

Founders Scaling Without the Chaos Every growth phase needs a new structure—but I’ve had some first hand both experiencing and noticing founders stumble with these 2 things: - Hold onto too much- You create bottlenecks and burnout. - Hire too fast- You bloat your team and slow everything down. An easy way to transition/focus: 1️⃣ Startup Phase - Founders juggle operations, marketing, and sales themselves. - Once revenue stabilizes or you hit 50+ customers, start handing off key tasks. 2️⃣ Scaling Phase - Bring in role leads (product, customer success) instead of full teams. - Now’s the time to focus on building systems—let your team handle the details. 3️⃣ Mature Phase - Shift fully into strategic leadership—build cross-functional teams and a leadership pipeline. - When daily operations slow you down, step back and let others lead. The key? Stop managing and start designing. Build a system that scales without you. #founders #Startup

I realised this after 2 failed startups. Great leaders don't command. They serve. And if you want to unlock your team's potential, You must step up and give them your best. Change how you show-up as a leader. Looking for top performance? ↳ Give your team autonomy, clarity, and support. Want quality results? ↳ Provide quality feedback. Looking for improved productivity? ↳ Help your team to better rest and recharge. Want your team to grow? ↳ Provide them with mentorship & resources to learn. Want to create a more positive culture? ↳ Recognize and praise their achievements. Instead of trying to be #1, Treat everyone on the team as #1. _____ ♻️ Repost to share to your network. PS. My 'Comment, connect, convert' Playbook has worked for 200+ creators. 1. Scroll to the top → click 'visit my website' 2. Download your All-LinkedIn 3C Playbook. 3. Follow Vidhya Sharma to never miss a post.

Founder mode is real. Manager mode is real. But you know what mode actually matters more than both? Leader mode. Founders don't worry about internal politics. Managers are overly concerned with internal politics. Leaders work hard to ensure their company doesn't have internal politics. Founders go fast and break things. Managers move slowly and deliberately - sometimes doing nothing as a result. Leaders balance conviction and timing with care. Founders get their hands dirty. Managers stay out of the weeds. Leaders intuit when they need to do one or the other. It's so easy to assume that everything about building a startup can be summed up into these pattern-matching lessons. And I get it. From the outside looking in, startups seem binary. Winners and losers. Funded or not funded. Growing or not growing. But I can tell you from first hand experience that most things are way more complicated than any speech, blog post, or tweet can ever really capture. What I do know is that the work of becoming a great LEADER remains at every stage of this wild ass ride. #foundermode #founders

𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐇𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 ‘𝐌𝐫/𝐌𝐬. 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭’... 𝐨𝐫 ‘𝐌𝐫/𝐌𝐬. 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐍𝐨𝐰’? 👤 In a recent Enter the Boardroom episode, Geoff Smart dives into why the difference between a good hire and a great one can be transformative—up to an 80x impact on outcomes. At Vocap Partners, we’re fans of the Smart hiring methodology, particularly his emphasis on building a large candidate funnel. Settling for less shouldn’t be an option. 💡 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭? Share your strategies below! 👇 For more insights, listen to the full episode—link in the comments. #Leadership #Hiring #TalentAcquisition #Startups #Boardroom #BusinessGrowth

Startup Paradox: The 11-50 Employee Trap❗ Did you know? The most dangerous phase for a startup isn't the early days. It's when you're succeeding.🤯 Companies with 11-50 employees face the highest failure rates. (Source: Failory) Why? Because what got you here won't get you there. • Your scrappy processes now create chaos • Your tight-knit team struggles with new hires • Your hands-on leadership style doesn't scale Sound familiar? What's your biggest "success problem"? Share below. Let's turn your growth challenges into your secret weapon. #ScaleUpDilemma #FounderChallenges #GrowthParadox