Hiring

Principles

• Teach everything you know you are good at
• Share the vision
• Set short term, achievable goals
• Track progress, closely!
• Celebrate success
• Align everyone’s interest

Hire the best – Rockstar

• Controlling the quality of individuals you hire V/S Controlling the work they do every day !
• Total Cost = Salary + Cost of mistakes + Management Cost
• Rockstar = lesser mistakes + lesser Management time + 25% higher salary
• Higher productivity + better Ideas
• If you know how to use them they can be 4X profitable

Ongoing Process 

• Hire Continuously, not project / requirement based.
• Smart people attract other smart people
• Constant learning helps maintain standards
• Cumulative smartness, smarter decisions

Teach the game

• Teach them what you are good at, and in turn make them teach what they are good at.
• Everyone should be on a similar page if not same
• A steep learning curve gives higher satisfaction than compensation
• Inculcate a culture of sharing knowledge | Top Down approach