{"id":3094074,"date":"2026-02-19T08:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?post_type=tc_video&#038;p=3094074"},"modified":"2026-02-19T08:15:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T16:15:00","slug":"the-hidden-cost-of-early-hires-with-yuri-sagalov-generalcatalyst","status":"publish","type":"tc_video","link":"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/video\/the-hidden-cost-of-early-hires-with-yuri-sagalov-generalcatalyst\/","title":{"rendered":"The hidden cost of early hires with Yuri Sagalov, General Catalyst"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div id='jwppp-video-box-30940741' class='jwppp-video-box' itemprop='video' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject' data-video='1' style=\"margin: 1rem 0;\">\n<meta itemprop='name' content='Compensation, culture, and cap tables with Yuri Sagalov, GeneralCatalyst'\/>\n<meta itemprop='thumbnailUrl' content='https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/thumbs\/LXH8RNDH-720.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='uploadDate' content='2026-02-19T08:15:00-08:00'\/>\n<meta itemprop='contentUrl' content='https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/media\/LXH8RNDH'\/>\n<span class=\"jwppp-instant\" style=\"display: none;\" data-video=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?jwp-instant-articles=1&#038;player=GQNKsmiX&#038;mediaID=LXH8RNDH\" data-width=\"480\" data-height=\"270\"><\/span><div id='jwppp-video-30940741' class='jwplayer'>Loading the player...<\/div>\n<script class=\"tcembed-script\" type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/libraries\/GQNKsmiX.js\"><\/script><script type='text\/javascript'>\nvar playerInstance_30940741 = jwplayer( \"jwppp-video-30940741\" );\nplayerInstance_30940741.setup({\nplaylist: \"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/media\/LXH8RNDH\",\n})\n<\/script><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Build Mode is back. 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