Brendan Iribe Quotes

I just want to work with the best people I can get my hands on.

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

The first thing you always do is seek out the best people that you can find for your organization. If you find the best people, you can basically go anywhere you want to go because they will take you there.

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

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

It's not a very high failure rate if you choose people that you really like the sound of.

I'm always looking for new talent.

Hiring's tough. It's not just filtering through hundreds of applications and blocking out big chunks of your day for interviews - those are the simple parts. The difficult thing is the nagging feeling that, despite your best efforts, the perfect candidate will somehow fall through the cracks.

Think about the way most companies currently hire. You post a job and then get blind resumes in response. This should be a social experience.

No matter how you hire, ensuring the systems are in place to manage the process will be critical in allowing you to find the right people to carry the standards you set. Don't neglect that duty!

I want the best people, not just on the banking side but on innovation and technology.

I've hired people I've met at parties and other events, and I've hired a lot of people right out of college. It's really based on personality as opposed to experience.

I always make sure I hire people smarter than me.

Holiday hiring is only useful if you get the right people, and the consensus among HR professionals is that the most consistent and efficient means of finding good people is to use word of mouth. Namely, this is because focusing on referrals means that only people who are already within your network will apply.

As founder of Eventbrite, I've interviewed almost every single person we've hired.

If people can spot talent rather than the talent having to come to us, then I think you might find that the quality of stuff goes up.

HR should be every company's killer app. What could possibly be more important than who gets hired?

Be really picky with your hiring, and hire the absolute best people you possibly can. People are the most important component of almost every business, and attracting the best talent possible is going to make a huge difference.

The key for us, number one, has always been hiring very smart people.

No one could have brought in more personnel than we have to build a football team.

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

If the team needs me to recruit somebody, I'll be here. I'll be doing that.

I raised the standards on recruiting.

You go for the best talent available, wherever it is. You fish it out. That's how I've scouted all my career. Doesn't matter where it is - international, domestic, college, anywhere.

Managers live and die by their recruitment.