Hey Crew! Ok so this one hit different. Megan Luttrell has built Aussie Founders Club into a community of thousands of founders, runs Kairos Recruitment, just launched People Stack, won Victorian Ecosystem Hero of the Year, and landed a $200K grant from Launch Vic.

But her first year? She was broke. Like properly broke. She got her partner to pay her to clean their own house just to have an extra 80 bucks a week. She borrowed money from her uncle. She tried a bunch of ideas that went absolutely nowhere.

And the wild part is she didn't even think she deserved the Ecosystem Hero award. She literally told people not to nominate her yet. They did anyway. And when they called her name, she had her camera out recording someone else because she was so sure it wasn't going to be her.

We get into the stuff nobody talks about when it comes to hiring in startups. Why most founders completely skip thinking about who they are as an employer before they start recruiting. Why culture fit is actually code for hiring people exactly like you. And why your first hires are the most make-or-break decisions you'll ever make.

We cover:

• Why your first startup hires will either 10x your business or tank it
• The difference between culture fit and culture contribution
• How Aussie Founders Club went from a meetup with a 7-word name to thousands of members
• Why she spent her broke year building community instead of just chasing revenue
• The compounding effect of showing up when nobody's watching
• Her first startup experience where the CEO was allegedly high on the job and everyone quit on the same day

If you're hiring, building a community, or just trying to figure out what the hell you're doing as a founder, this one's for you.

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