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.

Cite Arrow reblogged from caterpillarcowboy
25 notes | | Oct 23, 2009
  1. inkyeagle reblogged this from caterpillarcowboy
  2. gruen reblogged this from ranajune
  3. snarshad reblogged this from ranajune and added:
    That is a succinct description of a problem I’ve only articulated before with vague frustration. ” A begets A, B begets...
  4. 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...
  5. somehowsomeway reblogged this from alconpowersauce
  6. caterpillarcowboy reblogged this from sivadcm and added:
    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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  9. sivadcm reblogged this from alconpowersauce and added:
    My only problem with this is where do ‘B’ and ‘C’ people fall? Couldn’t they move up to ‘A’ status eventually? Under the...
  10. ranajune reblogged this from mikehudack and added:
    caterpillarcowboy:
  11. alconpowersauce reblogged this from mikehudack and added:
    Nice. This feels complementary. I would also add that working with ‘B’ folks lowers our expectations of ourselves, while...
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  13. mikehudack reblogged this from caterpillarcowboy and added:
    Incredibly true.
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