Inc. 5000 company founder Christie Horvath shares her HR hiring mistakes—and how she pivoted to build her dream team.

BY KAYLA WEBSTER, STAFF EDITOR

Wagmo founder Christie Horvath. Photo: Nathan Bajar

Human resources is not popular with workers—many would go so far as to say they hate working with their HR department. Some 86 percent of U.S. workers are actually afraid of approaching these professionals and have no desire to talk to them about their grievances, according to a survey by MyPerfectResume. Of those that did bring concerns to HR’s attention, 90 percent said their grievance was not handled properly. Meanwhile, 65 percent of startups do not have an HR department at all, according to a BambooHR survey.

But it doesn’t have to be that way, especially when you’re building your own company. One of the perks of starting your own company is you can build your team exactly the way you want to—and that includes HR. In a breakout session at the Inc. 5000 conference in Phoenix, I spoke with Christie........

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