Adrian Camara (Athennian) | The Cost of Talent: What First-Time Founders Get Wrong About Hiring

First-time founders: stop underpaying for top talent.Adrian Camara learned this the hard way while building Athennian. When you're hiring a VP of Sales and one candidate costs 40-50% more than another, your instinct is to save the money.Adrian's take after raising $40M+ and scaling through COVID boom to tech winter:"The leverage they create over time, the quality of team they build around them—that incremental $100-200K you pay them amplifies into so much enterprise value."