The Founder Mistake That Looks Like Good Hiring (Gaurav Sabharwal) | 381

Think Mastery with Dr. Yishai · May 14, 2026 · 42m

You hire carefully.

Values check. Track record check. Culture fit check.

Then a project goes sideways.

And quietly, people start protecting themselves before they protect the work.

Small ways first.

Then bigger ways.

Then it's a pattern, and you're watching it run across three teams at once.

Gaurav Sabharwal runs four tech companies. About 300 people across them.

Built, closed, and exited along the way.

He picks people for a living.

And he's seen the screen most operators miss.

Not capability. Not values.

The thing that decides what your team actually does the second things get hard.

Most of…