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You are about to hire or promote your first manager.

Read in this order. A § sign is a numbered section on the page; each step opens at that section.

  1. SOP 152 · §8 Recruiting: promote on purpose, and pay for referrals Sell a second product at ten to nineteen people promote on purpose
  2. SOP 192 · §2 The rule for choosing Hire for the smallest skill gap hire for the smallest skill gap
  3. SOP 269 · §1 Make each value something a candidate can show Test a candidate's values live instead of asking about them make each value something a candidate can show
  4. SOP 268 · §10 Hiring an executive Gate each interview step, then sell at the close hiring at a higher level
  5. SOP 270 · §2 How the first days go wrong Onboard every hire against a written plan, then keep them growing how the first days go wrong