Mike Hudack

Who Should you Hire at a Startup?

caterpillarcowboy:

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.

Incredibly true.

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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...
  5. tjpytheas reblogged this from somehowsomeway and added:
    …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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  21. mikehudack reblogged this from caterpillarcowboy and added:
    Incredibly true.
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Hi. I'm Mike Hudack. I'm a high school dropout, the CEO of blip.tv and a former warblogger. Also check out the blip.tv blog.

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