Why Startup Exec Hires Fail — the €250K Mistake

Every second leadership hire in a startup fails — costing up to €250,000. This episode with Jörn “Joe” Menninger digs into why executive hires flop and how diagnostic hiring prevents the damage.

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Why this episode matters: A failed executive hire is a capital event: €250K and months of momentum gone. Hiring discipline is as financial as any budget line.

In this episode, we cover:

• Why up to half of startup executive hires fail
• The real cost — up to €250,000 — of a bad hire
• How diagnostic hiring de-risks senior roles
• Signals founders miss before making offers
• Building a hiring process that protects runway

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