We compensate really well, but competing on comp alone is a losing strategy if you are competing against companies worth trillions. You need to find other ways, and there are plenty, e.g.,: - Remote and async: People can work from wherever and whenever, no monitoring - Mission: A lot of smart people want to work on something meaningful to them - Perks: We have European 40 paid vacation days for anyone in the world; this is especially attractive to Americans - Juniors: Hire talented young…

Harry Stebbings@HarryStebbingsAug 13

There is a very ugly truth that I think we are lying to ourselves about. 99% of startups today cannot even hire B-tier talent. The might of Anthropic, OpenAI, and the hottest of hot companies are sucking up all the A*, A, and B talent. Single greatest problem for every founder today is acquiring and retaining talent, without a doubt.