On talent

How the Greatest Entrepreneurs Hire (h/t David Senra)

• Steve Jobs stated that each new hire became a percentage of the company, so why wouldn’t you take the time to find all A-players?

• David Ogilvy, as an already established businessman, would see advertisements that he liked and then cold call the person who made the ad — this is how he sourced his

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“Average players want to be left alone. Good players want to be coached. And great players want to be told the truth.” – Nick Saben

Creative work is inherently unequal. This is very visible in the income distributions of singers and movie stars, but less visible in white-collar professions. Why? Thanks to/because of the office. 1/7