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Claudia Green: Rock-Bottom to Resilient—Hiring Truths & Founder Mistakes | Ep 04 – How NOT to Be a Founder

Claudia Green: Rock-Bottom to Resilient—Hiring Truths & Founder Mistakes | Ep 04 – How NOT to Be a Founder

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Claudia Green went from agoraphobic teen to boiler-room recruiter, then hit absolute rock bottom in 2019—job gone, relationship over, family illness.

Lying beside her sick grandma, she registered “Scaling Up,” a fractional talent & HR firm that now supports VC-backed start-ups across Europe.


In this episode, we cover:


  • Why burnout + “nothing to lose” can be the best launchpad
  • The two founder traits, Claudia says, predict low attrition and high output
  • Agency-recruitment war stories (holes-in-shoes firings, anyone?)
  • Her biggest founder mistake: kindness that crippled the team
  • How to be both a decent human and an authoritarian leader—no, it’s not easy


Raw talk on resilience, people problems and paying maternity out of your pocket.

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