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Hiring for success

It goes without saying that you hire great people and they build a company for you.
Here are three points to consider when you are hiring, particularly if you are hiring to build your first product.

1. Don't hire someone if you would not work for them

This has nothing to do with how smart the person is; it is all about the attitude and personality. This is the philosophy Facebook adopted in their early days and Zuckerberg publicly admitted that he did not hire people if he thought he could not work for them. If you hire B grade players they would end up hiring C grade players and the quality continues to drop.
Pay attention to equal employment opportunity laws and make sure you clearly state your requirements in the position description. You will be asked for feedback from candidates with qualifications and experience meeting the selection criteria but eventually failed to make it.

2. Hire the smartest people and get out of their way

Once you finished hiring the smart people, immediately get out of their way and let them do what they are good at. Obviously smart people don't require managers to tell them how to do their work. This is not just for start-ups, increasingly large enterprises are looking up to start-ups for innovation, agility and inspiration.

3. Invest in people and provide enough challenges

Smart people are not going to stick around if they are not challenged enough. Create an environment where they are constantly challenged and there is a healthy competition.




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  1. Unknown9 July 2015 at 01:24

    Cool and enlightening points mate. Will use it in my future hiring endeavors.

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