Founder, Tripole Gears | Building India’s one-stop shop for everything outdoors | Shark Tank S4 · Tripole Gears
5d ago
Supply Chain HeadTripole Gears
For most of Tripole Gears' life, I did not hire for a role until at least half the work was already waiting. Most startup advice says the opposite: hire ahead of growth.
The rule came out of frugality and the risk of downside. A wrong hire can cost more than an empty seat at times. It also worked. It got us to three factories, customers in India, the US, the UK, Europe and Canada, and a front office of about 20 people. Most of the people who joined Tripole early are still here.
But waiting has a cost too, and it is harder to see. On any given day, three or four roles at Tripole are sitting empty. The people covering them can only help so much, because they have their own work to do.
I now think the rule has been one of my bigger mistakes, and it is not the rule that will take us to the next stage.
So we are hiring, starting with the roles that have waited the longest: a Supply Chain Head, Offline Sales Executive, a Cataloguing expert, an Industrial Engineer and a Marketing Manager. I still want to hire carefully. I no longer think carefully has to mean late.
If you would like to help build any of these at an Indian outdoor brand, or know someone who would, I would like to hear from you.
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