Michael Seibel Quotes

You're only as good as the people you hire.

A lot of great people come to Facebook. In our business, we're about how do we help connect our companies to great people across all levels.

As a professional services company, our people ultimately make the difference in delivering high-quality services to clients. This is why we are so focused on attracting the best people and investing to further develop their skills.

I always make sure I hire people smarter than me.

Recruiting is all about relationships, it's not really about the facilities or the schools involved.

We talk a lot in Silicon Valley about product pipelines and sales pipelines, but what about talent pipelines? It is, after all, talent - people - who give us products to sell.

Yes, I've had some pretty good luck finding wonderful talent.

Certainly, we continue to bring in new people. We'll hire, net new, over 4,000 people this year, and attract great people into the company. I'm very bullish about the employee base and what it can accomplish.

The best way to be productive is to have a great team. So I spend more time than most CEOs on human resources. That's 20 percent of my week.

People are definitely a company's greatest asset. It doesn't make any difference whether the product is cars or cosmetics. A company is only as good as the people it keeps.

I'm really good at hiring good people.

We just want to have great people working for us.

LinkedIn is increasingly becoming a very strong place for companies to develop their talent plans, their recruitment plans, and so there are ways in which we can track some of the momentum there.

Successful companies hire people.

It's a good thing to remember that hiring will get easier as you scale - but you should also never drop your standards.

I value my staff and I believe in hiring people who are smarter than myself.

I'd like to build a superteam. I'd like the superteam to come to me.

Successful business leaders who have helped build institutions of lasting value - all are committed to talent and a culture of excellence. This is usually accomplished by the identification, retention, and development of great people.

Running businesses of all sizes and stages, I've seen the challenges companies face in trying to identify, attract, and retain talent.

If somebody's in the community doing cool stuff, we'll hire them.

We have to hire, retain, and develop the best staff.

SK will evolve and develop based on its corporate culture and human resources.

Raising capital is not the toughest part. The toughest part is building a great team and making sure it's growing with the company.

Above all else, look around to employ the best talent you possibly can.

We've always looked for guys and girls who have striking ability... there's a reason my past company was called Strikeforce.