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040 - The Community of Talent with Jim Jonassen
Manage episode 354602226 series 2951722
What we covered:
- The importance of hiring pure talent.
- Why CEOs should hire talent rather than anything else.
- The importance of a good interview session with prospective employees to gauge their capabilities.
- The importance of momentum, especially from a business standpoint.
- Why aiming high for your business helps you have fewer bottlenecks and the like.
- Why having fun is just as important as succeeding.
- Why having a substitute plan is always a good idea.
Tweetable Quotes:
“I feel like in this bizarre macro, talent is the only leverage.” - Jim Jonassen
“We feel like we can add more value if there are higher stakes” - Jim Jonassen
“The changes that Covid brought on us will not sort themselves out next quarter, next year. It's gonna be a decade. Among them is the rapid digitization of everything.” - Jim Jonassen
“You can't piggyback on anybody else's due diligence. You gotta do the work; you got to get to the unit economics, and the business plan and the product market fit and everything else on your own.” - Jim Jonassen
“Don’t hire for a job ‘til you’ve done the job.” - Jim Jonassen
“If the work is done, if the rigor is maintained, if you keep that forward momentum, that's what you've gotta have, you gotta have a real partnership and engagement. If you do, it’s going to work real flawlessly.” - Jim Jonassen
“You can’t comfort the afflicted without afflicting the comfortable.” - Jim Jonassen
“Why get a “B Meal?” when you could say,” Hey, let's go raise a little bit more money and hit the bit at Nobu or Maestro's?” -Jim Jonassen
Links Mentioned:
65 jaksoa
Manage episode 354602226 series 2951722
What we covered:
- The importance of hiring pure talent.
- Why CEOs should hire talent rather than anything else.
- The importance of a good interview session with prospective employees to gauge their capabilities.
- The importance of momentum, especially from a business standpoint.
- Why aiming high for your business helps you have fewer bottlenecks and the like.
- Why having fun is just as important as succeeding.
- Why having a substitute plan is always a good idea.
Tweetable Quotes:
“I feel like in this bizarre macro, talent is the only leverage.” - Jim Jonassen
“We feel like we can add more value if there are higher stakes” - Jim Jonassen
“The changes that Covid brought on us will not sort themselves out next quarter, next year. It's gonna be a decade. Among them is the rapid digitization of everything.” - Jim Jonassen
“You can't piggyback on anybody else's due diligence. You gotta do the work; you got to get to the unit economics, and the business plan and the product market fit and everything else on your own.” - Jim Jonassen
“Don’t hire for a job ‘til you’ve done the job.” - Jim Jonassen
“If the work is done, if the rigor is maintained, if you keep that forward momentum, that's what you've gotta have, you gotta have a real partnership and engagement. If you do, it’s going to work real flawlessly.” - Jim Jonassen
“You can’t comfort the afflicted without afflicting the comfortable.” - Jim Jonassen
“Why get a “B Meal?” when you could say,” Hey, let's go raise a little bit more money and hit the bit at Nobu or Maestro's?” -Jim Jonassen
Links Mentioned:
65 jaksoa
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