Hiring Advice

Find out their wins above replacement. Through the stories they tell, look to see if the end result of the thing they did would have been significantly worse without their involvement. Try to separate their actions from those of their team or the circumstance. This quality should both highlight their talents and their sense of agency and

Tara Seshan • How to Hire Low Experience, High Potential People

Brandy Cerne

Talent as leverage

Dwarkesh Patel dwarkeshpatel.com

Johanna

If you're the CEO of a fast-growing startup, the mistake you'll make in the next year that you'll regret most will probably be a hiring mistake. Possibly hiring someone established, which you'll feel you should do now you're getting big, and which VCs will strongly encourage.

Paul Graham twitter.com

Johanna