Decide if this is the right next hire

In short: This prompt helps with: decide if this is the right next hire. Use it when: before you open a role, to check you need it now and what it should achieve. Fill in [COMPANY], [ROLE], [PROBLEM], [TASKS], [BUDGET] and 1 more.

I am the founder of [COMPANY], at [STAGE, TEAM SIZE, REVENUE IF YOU WANT TO SHARE]. I am thinking of hiring a [ROLE] next. The problem it would solve: [PROBLEM]. What I do myself today that this person would take on: [TASKS]. Budget: [BUDGET]. Other options I have considered: [CONTRACTOR / AGENCY / TOOL / WAIT].

Challenge me. Tell me:
1. whether the evidence I have supports hiring this role now, and what would make it clearly yes
2. the single most important outcome I should expect in the first [6] months
3. what I would lose by waiting [3] months, and what a contractor or tool could do in the meantime
4. the two ways this hire most often goes wrong at a company like mine

Then recommend: hire now, hire later or do something else. Be direct and say if my reasoning is thin.

Fill in the [PLACEHOLDERS] before sending. Never paste real customer data into an AI tool you don't control.

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