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How To Recruit The Best Engineers And Sales Reps

Most founders think hiring is about interviewing. But it's actually about selling.For Startup School, Juicebox co-founder & CEO David Paffenholz joins YC's Harj Taggar to share how early-stage founders can find, pitch, and close top engineering and sales talent— from crafting better outreach to winning great hires from Big Tech— even when you're an unknown startup.

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  The End of the Designer–Engineer Divide

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  From Pivot Hell To $1.4 Billion Unicorn

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  The Best Consumer Startup Ideas Were "Impossible" Until Now

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  Cursor Head of Design Reviews Startup Websites

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  Inside The Startup Launching AI Into Space

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  From Idea to $650M Exit: Lessons in Building AI Startups

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  Transformers: The Discovery That Sparked the AI Revolution

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  YC Partners Answer Your Questions | Office Hours

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  What Everyone Is Getting Wrong About AI And Jobs

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  How To Design Products That Truly Stand Out

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  The World's First Commercial Mobile Carbon Capture Device

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  Every AI Founder Should Be Asking These Questions

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  Anthropic Head of Pretraining on Scaling Laws, Compute, and the Future of …

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  Fintech 3.0: Now Is The Best Time To Build In Crypto

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  Aaron Levie: Why Startups Win In The AI Era