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The Systems of Elite CEOs: Setting the Stage for Billion-Dollar Growth
CEOs don’t hire People to fill jobs. CEOs recruit talent to grow the company. They understand that there is an inverse relationship between the control exerted by an executive and the proper functioning of a team. Control stifles creativity; creativity leads to growth and performance.
Trey Taylor • A CEO Only Does Three Things: Finding Your Focus in the C-Suite
Is the CEO building a world-class team?
Ben Horowitz • The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
Still, with Michael’s endorsement and enthusiastic support, we pushed forward with the idea. As we applied it to venture capital, we decided to build the following networks: Large companies Every new company needs to either sell something to or partner with a larger company. Executives If you succeed, at some point you need to hire executives. Engi
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How the Greatest Entrepreneurs Hire (h/t David Senra)
Steve Jobs stated that each new hire became a percentage of the company, so why wouldn’t you take the time to find all A-players?
David Ogilvy, as an already established businessman, would see advertisements that he liked and then cold call the person who made the ad — this is how he sourced his t