I Got Better at Hiring for My Startup After My First Employee Stole $5,000

An expensive lesson in how to hire high-quality startup talent.

Aaron Dinin, PhD
Entrepreneurship Handbook
6 min readApr 29, 2024

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I recently shared an article mentioning how the first employee I ever hired stole $5,000 from my startup. The article wasn’t explicitly about that experience, so I didn’t go into detail, but, naturally, lots of people message me to…

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I teach entrepreneurship at Duke. Software Engineer. PhD in English. I write about the mistakes entrepreneurs make since I’ve made plenty. More @ aarondinin.com