Welcome to the world of hiring especially startup hiring. It is a tough job as a founder. One of the hardest things to get right but also critical if you want t

Welcome to the world of hiring especially startup hiring. It is a tough job as a founder. One of the hardest things to get right but also critical if you want to scale/grow. Here are some of the lessons I have learned over the years (Hiring on and off for almost a decade now): - Portfolio sites are crap. They are built by people who have no real experience and need it to try and break in the tech world. Theya re mostly "bootcampers" or self taught devs who aqre too junior. You mayfind a few gems but extremely unlikely. - Most "good" devs are taken, let alone great ones. To add to it, most good/great devs are not interested in risky startups. So your candidate pool is extremely small already. You cannot just post a job and expect to find the gems that would be a fit for startups. You most likely won't not for the first few hires that matter. - The only way is to tap into your own network and experiences. For example, I was able to convince an ex-co worker of mine to join my company as I knew he would a great fit. He wouldn't have applied to any jobs but he gladly took me up on my offer as we worked together for a few years in our corporate jobs way back. - You also need to sell your company/product/vision. Get online everywhere. Have a twitter. Be social. Talk about your company/product/goals etc. It may attract some good people. It may. - Your first 5-10 employees need to be dreamers, hustlers, romantics. They cannot be someone who jut wants a job. Won't work. Never does. Good luck.