How to Spot Exceptional Talent

Words of wisdom we’ve found from Founders, VC’s and Investors.

Here’s this weeks top 5:

#1

Hiring people is hard. Hiring exceptional people is even harder. This thread is a masterclass on how to find the creme of the crop in terms of talent. Definitely one to bookmark.

I love the question, “What’s the last skill you taught yourself - and why?”

#2

A ton of great lessons Ajith shares here for Founders. The first one he shares is “Startups need builders, not titles” and it resonates with us.

Don’t hire someone looking for their next title. Hire someone wanting to come in, roll their sleeves up and prove themselves.

#3

A lot of focus on AI and automating workflows in government, manufacturing and compliance.

Are we officially in the age of AI Agents?

#4

There’s a reason we’re including this. Every startup needs marketing and every marketing campaign needs copy.

In the world of AI using the same generic phrases use these to stand out from the crowd and invoke some emotion. Trigger some pain with your prospects.

#5

I personally wouldn’t go this route but if you’re a bootstrapped Founder you need all the help you can get! 😂

Feel free to share your thoughts on this issue! If there’s any topics you’d like to know about as a Founder let us know and we’ll get to work to cover it.