It is no secret that to make your amazing startup idea a reality and to build your business, you need the right people on board. But who are the right people? What should you look out for in a (first-time) founder? What people do you need in which phase? And finally: what does this all require from you as a founder? An important reason that startups don’t make it, in the end, is that the company remains too dependent on the founders. Let’s highlight the HR side of innovation.