What Is Talent Investing? | Entrepreneurs First

My friend @liminal_warmth asked me: “If you wanted to 100x your ability to find truly talented people with world changing potential, how would you deploy resources to do it most effectively?” This doc is my attempt at answering this question.

When investors are looking to make bets on companies, they look for product-market fit. I think we can and should use that same framework to make bets on talent. That same magical spark that ignites when a company finds their perfect place in the market happens when a person finds the right problem to work on. Let’s call it person-problem fit.