The Data DropFirst Hire
The first hire you’ll regret
Across 1,200 early-stage Indian teams, 43% regretted their first hire within a year. The 57% who didn’t shared three unglamorous habits.
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The operator’s decision desk for early-stage India.
Cofounders, the first hires, and the team you become.
Equity splits that survive contact, the hire you will regret, and how two founders stay two founders through the first hard year.
Across 1,200 early-stage Indian teams, 43% regretted their first hire within a year. The 57% who didn’t shared three unglamorous habits.
The 50/50 split is not the problem. The unwritten assumptions underneath it are. A four-question test for a split that holds through the first hard year.
One pattern, one framework, one founder story. 800 words. No noise.