I think you are over-thinking it. A single part-time employee won't fail your start-up, a lot of other things will like not being able to deliver before your ru

I think you are over-thinking it. A single part-time employee won't fail your start-up, a lot of other things will like not being able to deliver before your runway runs out. For great employees, it's a negligible loss if they want to take time off to do something else. Not everyone wants to toil away their lives slaving for somebody else. But if you have other candidates who possibly wouldn't be part-time employees in your sights, you might want to try to hire them first. I know from employer's perspective part-time workers can be a little annoying as they get all the benefits with only eg 60% commitment. And they take as long vacations as the regular employees too. Disclaimer: I have worked as a part-time employee, and I did deliver during my few work days as much as I would have done as a full-time employee. Moreover, it actually felt much nicer to me to do only a few days a week and being a full-timer at times was almost a bit depressing. Same old stuff, everyday, kinda bores you out.