# [S5, Ep41] The People Strategy You’re Avoiding (And Why It’s Making Scaling Messy) Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/female-founder-unplugged-3679031/s5-ep41-the-people-strategy-you-re-avoiding-and-why-it-s-making-scaling-messy Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/female-founder-unplugged-3679031/s5-ep41-the-people-strategy-you-re-avoiding-and-why-it-s-making-scaling-messy.md Podcast: [Female Founder Unplugged](https://stenobird.com/podcast/female-founder-unplugged-3679031) Published: 2026-03-26T10:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2326429/episodes/18906162-s5-ep41-the-people-strategy-you-re-avoiding-and-why-it-s-making-scaling-messy.mp3 Audio file: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2326429/episodes/18906162-s5-ep41-the-people-strategy-you-re-avoiding-and-why-it-s-making-scaling-messy.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/female-founder-unplugged-3679031/episodes/s5-ep41-the-people-strategy-you-re-avoiding-and-why-it-s-making-scaling-messy Duration seconds: 1479 ## Resource Send us Fan Mail There's no shame in the game, but if you've thought at least one of these thoughts very recently... "I just need one more person." "If we just hire someone who's good, this will all come together." "I don't know if we can afford to hire, but I don't know what else to do." ...Then it sounds like you're in the messy middle of your business. And like most founders in this stage, you don't have a people strategy at all — yet! And that's what this episode is all about. ✨ Ep... ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/female-founder-unplugged-3679031/episodes/s5-ep41-the-people-strategy-you-re-avoiding-and-why-it-s-making-scaling-messy/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/female-founder-unplugged-3679031/s5-ep41-the-people-strategy-you-re-avoiding-and-why-it-s-making-scaling-messy.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.