Episode 5 – Lessons Learned Hiring and Firing with Brad Touesnard

Brad Touesnard joins Phil and John to discuss hiring, firing and growing a team around his software business.

Show Notes

brad.ta

Brad on Twitter

Delicious Brains

Mergebot

Delicious Brains 2017 Year in Review post

Zoom

MicroConf

WordCamp Europe

Key Takeaways

As a founder don’t outsource the marketing tasks at first.

Have an interview and trial period, but ultimately let your existing team approve new hires.

You need to be able to rely on your team to communicate issues to you and each other.

Pay attention to discontent amongst your team.

Recognize when you, as a founder, are not satisfied with answers to your questions to team members.

Attempt to warn folks when they aren’t living up to expected standards.

Don’t wait too long to let someone go if they aren’t a good fit.