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When you start meeting with startups to angel invest in, you will mostly be meeting with founders who have been unable to raise funding for their startup. The best founders, like Mark Pincus (Zynga) and Evan Williams (Blogger, Twitter, and Medium), for example, are able not only to pick from the top angel investors—thanks to their exceptional track
... See moreJason Calacanis • Angel: How to Invest in Technology Startups—Timeless Advice from an Angel Investor Who Turned $100,000 into $100,000,000
Noah Goldstein
@noahgoldstein
It takes not just intelligence, but true confidence to hire people who are better than you.
David Ogilvy, regarded by many as the father of modern advertising, used to onboard new managers by gifting them a set of Russian wooden dolls of decreasing size placed one inside another. He then told the recruits that if they hired those who were smarter th
... See moreJeff Albers
@albs
we understand the talent search methods of Peter Thiel—one of the most successful talent finders of all time—as intimately linked to Peter’s philosophical and indeed moral judgments of people.
Daniel Gross • Talent: How to Identify Energizers, Creatives, and Winners Around the World
The final step in the sourcing process, the one that matters more than anything else you can do, is scheduling thirty minutes on your calendar every week to identify and nurture A Players.
Randy Street • Who: The A Method for Hiring
Joe Gerber
@joegerber