At a start-up when you can’t see the finish line or the road ahead, so you need the best athletes, not specific skills At AND 1 we used to hire smart, young ball players with attitude and many of them became leaders in the company. We would teach them the skills they needed to do their job — or they would teach themselves — and as the company evolved and scaled, so did they.
In the early days hire for talent not skill
In the early days hire for talent not skill
In the early days hire for talent not skill
At a start-up when you can’t see the finish line or the road ahead, so you need the best athletes, not specific skills At AND 1 we used to hire smart, young ball players with attitude and many of them became leaders in the company. We would teach them the skills they needed to do their job — or they would teach themselves — and as the company evolved and scaled, so did they.