SaaStr 051: Hire Slow & Fire Fast & Why scaling Product Is All About Consistency with Kristen Koh Goldstein @ HireAthena

Kristen Koh Goldstein is the Co-Founder @ HireAthena, the on demand workforce specialising in accounting, HR and payroll. Prior to Hire Athena, Kristen was the Co-Founder @ Scalus, where she raised millions of dollars in venture capital from top VCs including Google Ventures and Sherpa Capital. Before that Kristen was the Co-Founder @ BackOps, the world’s fastest growing back office solution. If you enjoy the show with Kristen today and would like to join Jason and I @ SaaStr Annual 2017 next year, then all you have to do is checkout SaaStr and buy your tickets for SaaStr Annual 2017.

In Today’s Episode Kristin Discusses:

• Why it is that the faster you hire, the longer it takes to build your business? How to make the transition from a family to a village with your team?
• Why it is imperative to hire slowly and fire fast? How to communicate new hires to the existing team to ease onboarding friction?
• Why hiring outside of your circle is full of risks? What you can do to mitigate those risks?
• What happens when you wake up one day and realise you are the problem in your own business?
• What really is scaling with regards to the product? How important is product consistency in the scaling process?

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• Jason Lemkin
• Harry Stebbings
• Saastr
• Kristen Koh Goldstein