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Matt Bachmann & Ben Gordon of Wandering Bear Coffee: “Hire people before you need them”

Thrive Global

We learned this early on, and then we’ve re-learned every six months or so. The best learning you get is by doing and the power you hold as an early stage company is the ability to test things quickly and cheaply without huge repercussions. Ben Gordon: Hire people before you need them. like, say, bookkeeping?—?and

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Matt Bachmann and Ben Gordon of Wandering Bear Coffee: “Just get started”

Thrive Global

The best learning you get is by doing and the power you hold as an early stage company is the ability to test things quickly and cheaply without huge repercussions. Less talking and more doing; this one could sometimes be a struggle for me and Ben early on. That’s often your only advantage. Can you tell us a bit about your “backstory”?