Started off great, interviews were inspiring and exciting, but follow up was terrible. In fact, it was relatively non-existent. No matter how busy a company is in start-up mode, they should at least get back to candidates, even just to say “we’re going in a different direction” or “we don’t think it’s a good fit.” Leaving candidates hanging after you’ve strongly encouraged them and implied you would hire them is disrespectful and leads one to wonder how they treat their employees.