Steve Jobs has a saying that A players hire A players; B players hire C players; and C players hire D players. It doesn't take long to get to Z players. This trickle-down effect causes bozo explosions in companies.
What characteristics do I look for when hiring somebody? That's one of the questions I ask when interviewing. I want to know what kind of people they would hire.
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.
AirBnB spent 5 months interviewing their first employee, before they hired someone and in their first year, they only hired 2 people.
No one could have brought in more personnel than we have to build a football team.
In the early days, I didn't have the money to pay decent salaries, so I didn't get good people. I got nice people, but I didn't get good employees.
As a business owner or manager, you know that hiring the wrong person is the most costly mistake you can make.
If there's any secret to my success, it's that I just hire people who are smarter and more talented than I am.
One of the most important jobs of a great leader is to attract great talent.
The employer generally gets the employees he deserves.
The owner's job is to hire the general manager. The general manager's job is to run the hockey team.
We asked for workers. We got people instead.
I'm into hiring smart guys; I'm into hiring guys who can think at a higher level, that can offer ideas.
It's very important as a startup to get early press because, although it may not be a large number of people, having a 'Fast Company' story - some of those people that read it are going to be your next employees and hires, your next investors.
A well-designed 401(k) plan is an enormous competitive edge when recruiting and retaining employees.
I want to start a Dunkin' Donuts in Los Angeles. I already have the perfect location picked out. It would be the old Tower Records buildings on Sunset.
Stay externally focused - on your customers - and focus internally when you have to hire.
I just want to work with the best people I can get my hands on.
Successful companies hire people.
When you start to prioritize hiring likable people within your organization, these likable people will attract other likable people.
Whenever you can get a competitive, first-grade person to join your team, you never know what happens.
We hire people who are smarter than us.
There are exceptions to everything, but most businesses want to hire the best they can get for what they have to offer. If all they've got to offer is 15 an hour, they want the best they can get for it. They don't want the worst.
I always make sure I hire people smarter than me.
