Every startup aspires to scale, but doing so quickly will inevitably impact your team dynamic.
My startup, Virti, grew by1,000%in an eight-month period last year.
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But in my experience, outsourcing too much work can kill your culture.
Prioritize culture when hiring
Nothing is more important than hiring talent to support your growth.
But hiring the wrong people when youre scaling fast can be critical.
Depending on the sector you operate in, the hard skills youre looking for in new hires will vary.
Ultimately, rapid growth changes the pace and dynamic of any team.
The role they signed up for two years ago might not be the one youre presenting to them now.
So encouraging your team to pursue passion projects on company time is a valuable practice at a fast-growth startup.
None of these projects are being pursued with profit in mind.
There are no expectations or precedents for success.
Story byDr Alex Young
Alex is an NHS trauma and orthopaedic surgeon by training.
Virti develop immersive training tools to improve human performance in organisations around the globe.
