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10:14 23rd Oct 2009

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Who Should you Hire at a Startup?

I believe this whole-heartedly:

I never believe in hiring B players and then trying to upgrade with more talented people later when the company has more cash, more customers or is performing better. The problem is that A players are only attracted to work at places where they see other A players. They smell B from a mile away. And also B players often don’t hire other B people. In my experience B players hire C people. A begets A, B begets C. Don’t go there.
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  That is a succinct description of a problem I’ve only articulated before with vague frustration. ” A begets A, B begets...
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  …spot on! I’ve seen too many startups that have gone the B route simply because they couldn’t afford the A’s - then...
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  I don’t think “A” people are necessarily the most experienced. Some people just “get it”. I’ve had the pleasure of...
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  My only problem with this is where do ‘B’ and ‘C’ people fall? Couldn’t they move up to ‘A’ status eventually? Under the...
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  caterpillarcowboy:
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  Nice. This feels complementary. I would also add that working with ‘B’ folks lowers our expectations of ourselves, while...
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  Incredibly true.
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