Hiring Advice
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Hiring Advice
Much of Silicon Valley is the reshuffling of uninspired, unremarkable individuals with one Great Brand on their resume, being recycled through tens of other Aspiring Great Brands.
Do not outsource your talent evaluation to Brand identification, otherwise your company will suck.
Alexandr Wangtwitter.comThe biggest difference in how I’m hiring the second time around:
Indexing heavily on people who really, really want to work at a high growth startup
If a candidate is deciding between us and a comfortable job at a big tech company, it’s already not a fit
Ankur Nagpaltwitter.comHow 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
Kwan’s Hierarchy of Product Needs: The Four Levels of Product Managers | Heavybit
Heavy Bitheavybit.com
- What to look for:
- Coachability: This trait has two aspects: responding well to feedback, and being self-aware enough to assess their own performance.
- Disagree and commit: Can they get out of their own ego and move
Tara Seshan • How to Hire Low Experience, High Potential People
