Assembling the team

Alex Bäcker

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Abstract

This article discusses the critical importance of assembling the right team for a startup, comparing the CEO's role in hiring to that of a movie producer. It emphasizes that hiring decisions are distinct from strategic and executive decisions and should be given paramount importance, as the quality of the team directly impacts the success of an idea.

An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it.

After the people you name to your Board of Directors, the most critical decisions you can make are which people you hire. A start-up needs a producer to assemble the right team just as critically as a movie does. For some reason, hiring decisions are often up to the same person --the CEO-- as strategic direction and executive decisions. But these are dissociable roles, just as they are in the entertainment business: Producer and Director are seldom the same person.

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Bäcker, Alex: Assembling the team. alexbacker.com/w/assembling-the-team. Originally published at http://alexbacker.pbworks.com/Assembling+the+team.