Erik Torenberg on Hiring

Quoting Vinod Khosla: “The team you build is the company you build” Quoting Patrick Collison: “The reason why the first 10 employees are the most important is every one of those 10 employees is going to replicate him or herself 10 times.

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Why it worked

Opens with a short, self-contained line that is easy to take in at a glance.
Opens a question in the reader’s mind and withholds the answer until later.
The opening line stands alone, so it reads completely before the post is expanded.
Short enough to read in full without expanding, which removes a step before the point lands.
Quotes someone directly, which makes the moment concrete rather than summarised.

The mechanics

Hook: Plain observation
Structure: Hook → Landing
Style: Conversational paragraphs at a steady pace.
Tone: plain, matter-of-fact
Mechanisms: Curiosity gap
Written for: Hiring managers and founders

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