Sublime

Sam looks for digital breadcrumbs from someone's past that hint at their trajectory: "And so to the extent people have written blogs or posted things on Twitter or created some artifact that I think of that they've sort of buried in time that I can go find, that's often amazing, because you get a chance to see people over a long period of time."

I think I care about the value of recruiting more than almost anyone I know. I think getting in amazing people at the start, in the middle, at the end, all the way through, having an ever-raising bar that someone has to clear, it's not quite everything, but often it's close.

What Sam is optimizing for in his career: spending all of his time with amazing people, get leverage on seeing what's around the bend, somewhere where patience and temperament are rewarded, build an ecosystem where trust is compounded, build fewer deeper relationships

Be Sam Presti: >> Join San Antonio Spurs as video intern at 22 (2000) >> Front office prodigy and go Seattle/OKC Thunder as GM at 29 (2007)  >> All-time draft run: KD (2007), Russ (2008), Ibaka (2008), Harden (2009) >> Build 2nd youn... See more

What Sam looks for in founders: breadcrumbs from their past that hint at their trajectory, outsiders with a unique insight, unusually strong in one area, cognizant of their weaknesses, understand where they need to focus right now, have a way to inspire and bring people together

The @sama guide on how to succeed with a startup https://t.co/1Buzg1Pgzy