🎙️ The Best in SaaS – Series 1, Episode 3

📌 Episode Title: How to Hire Like a Pro

🧭 Episode Overview:

Hiring is one of the most pivotal yet misunderstood tasks SaaS founders face. In this third episode of The Best in SaaS, host Richard Blundell welcomes JooBee Yeo, a hiring expert and Venture Scale Academy instructor, to dissect the exact frameworks and common pitfalls founders face when making early hires.

This is a hands-on, practical deep dive—not theory, but battle-tested lessons. Juby brings her expert-backed frameworks, now part of the Venture Scale Academy’s “How to Hire Like a Pro” course, into this candid and insightful conversation.

🎧 What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

🔹 The True Cost of Bad Hires

• Richard opens up about his own hiring mistakes—some of which were costly.
• Why most hiring failures start long before the interview process.
• How self-awareness and systemization dramatically improve hiring outcomes.

🔹 The Strategic Power of a Job Description

• A job description isn’t just for advertising—it’s your strategic alignment tool across the entire employee lifecycle.
• Learn how to use the job description to:
  • Screen during interviews.
  • Set onboarding and performance expectations.
  • Guide promotions, reviews, and exits.
• Why copying job descriptions from the internet can sabotage your hiring.

🔹 Before, During, and After Hiring Framework

Juby introduces her structured three-part framework:

1. Before Hiring – Align on expectations, define success, and write role-specific outcomes.
2. During Hiring – Use the job description actively in interviews and decision-making.
3. After Hiring – Ensure onboarding, probation, and performance are all connected to the original JD.

🔹 Business-Critical Mindset Shift

• Most founders treat hiring as a tactical step; Juby shows why it’s strategic and foundational.
• Hiring well sets the stage for culture, productivity, and retention in early-stage teams.

👤 Guest Bio: JooBee

Juby is a talent strategist and hiring expert, collaborating with early-stage startups to help them scale smartly. She’s a core expert within the Venture Scale Academy and creator of the course “How to Hire Like a Pro”. Her frameworks have been applied by founders to make repeatable, confident, and mission-aligned hires.

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📂 Companion Course:

Access the full training, templates, and video lessons from Juby's “How to Hire Like a Pro” inside the Venture Scale Academy. Includes:

• Full framework lessons
• Downloadable tools
• Evaluation scorecards
• Interview planning guides

🧠 Key Takeaway:

“Hiring well isn’t a lucky break. It’s a repeatable skill, and it starts with clarity. A job description isn’t admin—it’s a leadership tool.” – Juby