hr-for-founders
3 free lessons tagged hr-for-founders across Business. Each one is a short sequence of focused steps with narration and a five-question quiz at the end — take them in any order, no signup required.
Pay, Compliance, and Letting People Go
The HR topics founders most want to avoid are the ones that carry the most risk. This lesson covers how to set fair pay with market bands, the cash-versus-equity trade-off, the employee-versus-contractor classification trap, at-will employment and documentation, and how to let someone go humanely and legally.
Onboarding, Culture, and Managing a Small Team
Hiring the right person is half the job; the other half is turning them into a productive, engaged team member. This lesson covers structured onboarding and the first 90 days, setting goals, running one-on-ones and feedback, how culture actually forms in a small company, delegation, and when to add your first managers.
Hiring for Founders: From First Hire to a Real Process
For a founder, the first employees decide whether the company works. This lesson turns hiring into a repeatable process: when to hire versus contract, writing a scorecard, sourcing candidates, running structured interviews that actually predict performance, checking references, and avoiding the classic founder hiring traps.