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Curiosity

Curiosity

Someone who loves what they do will read about it, study it, talk to other people about it, immerse themselves in it and work like anything to stay current.

Anyone who isn't curious doesn't love what they do.  And you should hire people who love what they do.

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Drive

Drive

You can see drive in a candidate's eyes and background.

  • Look for what someone has done, not just been involved in or been part of. For example, they started a business in high school. They started and ran a nonprofit in high school.
  • If you can't find anything - if the ...

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Fixing hiring mistakes

  • Know that while you're going to hate firing someone, you'll feel way better after the fact.
  • Realise that the great people on your team will be happy that you've done it as they knew the person wasn't working out. But watch how you fire people, as others will watch how you deal with p...

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Ethics

Unethical people are unethical by nature, and the odds of conversion are quite low. Ministers and priests should give people another chance, not hiring managers at startups.

  • One way to test for honesty is to see how they react when they don't know something.  They'll either say they do...

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Criteria for hiring great people

Criteria for hiring great people

People will tell you to hire for intelligence, but intelligence is overrated. Other hiring criteria are equally or more important. 

  • Drive. Self-motivation will cause people to push and push until they succeed. 
  • Curiosity. Anyo...

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How to run the hiring process

  1. Have a written hiring process and ensure everyone has a paper copy of it. Many startups have a random hiring process and hire randomly.
  2. Do basic skills tests. Ask them basic questions about how to do things in their domain. For a sales rep, have them...

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How to cultivate curiosity

  • Ask questions: Randomly ask yourself why? and how?
  • Read outside your field of interest.
  • Be interested in people. Choose someone you haven't seen in a while, and invite them for coffee. Make it a goal to learn as m...

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