A short YouTube talk by Jason M. Lemkin about the centrality of trust in startups and practical hiring/retention advice. Lemkin emphasizes that startups depend on trust because teams are small, that some people may not stay truly committed, and he recommends keeping the best people for at least four to five years when possible.
And it's tough because when you, when you. This whole. The whole startup thing is built on trust, right? Teams are too small. You have to have trust. And also, the longer you go on, the more people breach that trust, right? You think they breach the trust, but the truth is they just. They just don't care. So there's probably fewer people that you can really count on in the distance, but if you can, there's something. There's something to be said for keeping the team together as long. As long as some. Sometimes they got to leave the coop, right? Sometimes I do have to go. But try, if I had to boil it all down, try to keep the best people at least four to five years.
