I look for partners, not employees.
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Summary
In this episode, I talk about how important it is to have a partner at the core of what you're doing, not just an employee. I discuss the importance of having a technical partner, and why it's important to have someone you can argue with.
Transcript
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in any business i'm involved i'm going to find the person who's at the core of what i'm doing
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and i need them to be my partner not just an employee if i were to open a restaurant the first
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hire i would make is an executive chef because i'm not a chef and the restaurant is dependent
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on the quality of the food even when i started clarity or flow town or whatever i'm an engineer
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i can code but best use of my time was not coding i always found a technical partner that i partnered
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with that i gave equity in and i will spend the time to recruit to find that partner find somebody
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i can go to battle with find somebody i can argue with because in that space i'm setting myself up