All the information provided here comes from the article Setting Up and Managing a Lab at a R1 Institution, by Bob Goldstein and Prachee Avasti

Postdocs who land jobs need to juggle several new large-scale tasks:

• Identifying space & equipment needs
• Negotiating the hiring package
• Opening the lab, onboarding new lab members, and building a team
• Managing your time for productivity and happiness.

General Advice:

• Ask your PI for their thoughts
• Form a network of peers to brainstorm about ideas.
• Use discussions with colleagues at conferences.
• Expect a trial-and-error process, rather than perfection

New faculty social networks (Biomedical Emphasis):

Future PI Slack. https://futurepislack.wordpress.com/
New PI Slack. https://newpislack.wordpress.com/.

Additional Advice from Kara McKinley, Assistant Professor (HSCRB)
The Transition Phase: Preparing to Launch a Laboratory (2022)
Research Vision Workshopping: Peer Mentoring to support the transition to independence (2023)