Hiring Your First 5 People Without Regret
Episode 2 of the The Fractional CFO Show with Adam Cooper podcast, hosted by Adam Cooper, titled "Hiring Your First 5 People Without Regret" was published on June 25, 2025 and runs 42 minutes.
June 25, 2025 ·42m · The Fractional CFO Show with Adam Cooper
Summary
This week, I sat down with the brilliant @Sarah Lamontagne, Founder of @Montagne Motion Consulting, to dive into what really matters when founders make those all-important first hires. Sarah’s seen it all, from prisons to AI scaleups, and brings some refreshing honesty, and tonnes of experience to bear hiring, culture, and building the foundations for a people-first business. Some personal highlights from our conversation: ✅ Why founders waste time (and budget) trying to DIY their early...
Episode Description
This week, I sat down with the brilliant @Sarah Lamontagne, Founder of @Montagne Motion Consulting, to dive into what really matters when founders make those all-important first hires.
Sarah’s seen it all, from prisons to AI scaleups, and brings some refreshing honesty, and tonnes of experience to bear hiring, culture, and building the foundations for a people-first business.
Some personal highlights from our conversation:
✅ Why founders waste time (and budget) trying to DIY their early hires.
✅ The real cost of a 5-stage interview process (and why it needs to die).
✅ How finance and HR should actually collaborate (hint: start with muffins).
✅ What culture really is, and why Slack emojis don’t count.
✅ Why every founder needs to think about succession planning before they think they’re ready.
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