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This VC’s Best Advice for Building a Founding Team

In a Build Mode podcast, General Catalyst MD Yuri Sagalov shares practical guidance for founders assembling their first team. He warns against micromanaging investors, recommends partnering with hands‑on VCs, and stresses vetting them through portfolio references. Sagalov also advises a modest equity differential between co‑founders to prevent deadlocks and urges early hires to be mission‑driven, with transparent discussions about risk and upside. The episode frames these tactics as essential for building a resilient culture and scalable compensation structure.