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Why Your Startup Keeps Hiring the Wrong People | Traction
The talent market has shifted in ways that make hiring harder for early-stage teams.
In this episode, Melissa Kwan and Lloyed Lobo talk about why salaries jumped, why interviews often look better than the work that follows, and how these gaps slow companies down.
They share what they’ve learned from hiring mistakes, how expectations changed after the unicorn wave, and what founders should pay attention to when building teams that can actually deliver.
TIMESTAMPS:
00:56 The current state of the talent market
02:24 Gaps between interviews and actual performance
07:22 Compensation expectations vs. capabilities
21:23 Organizational impact of early mis-hires
34:24 Building a team that delivers consistently
45:03 Hiring for trajectory, not tenure
Lloyed Lobo:
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/lloyedlobo
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/lloyedlobo
Published on 4 days, 6 hours ago