[Journal]
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Straight talk on startup recruiting, early-stage hiring and building founding teams — from 15+ years in the trenches.
DateArticleTopicRead
Apr 2, 2025
Inside the mind of a founding recruiter: what it really takes to build a startup team from scratch
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11 min↗
Nov 28, 2024
How Sophie approaches hiring from zero to one — evaluating first-of hires, avoiding common founder mistakes, and building teams that scale from the ground up.
Why I founded Fulltilt Talent: building teams that build startups
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5 min↗
The early-stage landscape has shifted how startups are funded, built and grown — and with it, the need for efficiency and grit in how we approach hiring.