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Peter Thiel on the question he asks every startup founder he invests in “Why will the 20th talented person join your company when they can get paid way more at Google, they will have to work way less hard at Google, and it will look better on their resume to go to Google?” The 20th employee... See more

My top advice for every hire after you raise your pre-seed: - make every offer a try before you buy two way door (90 day trial, 1 year cliff). - don't over hire early (too senior no startup experience) - prefer generalist over specialists. - focus on engineering and go to... See more

Sam Altman: “Hire for values first, aptitude second, and skills third.” Most executive recruiters, Sam argues, will reverse this order: “If you say I need to hire a CFO, they will bring you people with 20 years of experience as a CFO at vaguely similar companies. But unfortunately, it’s... See more

Ben Horowitz on the ideal founding team for a startup Ben looks for two people on a founding team: 1. The inventor. “It’s the inventor’s job to build a product that’s 10x better than anything that’s available to solve that problem.” 2. The entrepreneur. “The... See more

Elon Musk's unusual interview questions that eliminate liars and bad employees https://t.co/mLUpwHAhR9

Mark Zuckerberg on how to avoid bad hires when your startup is growing quickly As Mark explains, every fast-growing startup will repeatedly face the choice: “Do I hire the person who’s in front of me now because they seem good?” or “Do I hold out to get someone who’s even better?” Mark... See more

Reed Hastings on the role of the CEO at a startup “In the first couple of years, you do everything—you’re doing dishes at night, you’re coding, you’re writing marketing materials, you’re dealing with customers and investors. And you have so many disadvantages as an irrelevant little nothing of a company that you have to... See more