A company’s culture is set by its first 10 to 15 hires, says Jeff Raider, co-founder of Harry’s, the online shaving-products startup. A company’s first few employees should be people who have bought into the founders’ vision, who can develop strong working relationships with the founders and who have the utmost integrity, because the founders need to trust them, Raider tells The Wall Street Journal.

(Source: The Wall Street Journal)

Published in Dawn, Economic & Business, November 17th, 2014

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