My First Million

The best business ideas come from noticing what's working and doing it better, faster, or for a different audience.

“If I'm thinking I have to fill this role, it's usually not the right person.”

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What It Means

Desperation to fill positions leads to compromising on quality and settling for wrong candidates

Hiring the wrong person is worse than leaving position empty temporarily

For critical roles where performance significantly impacts business outcomes

For urgent operational needs where any competent person is better than none

Only hire when genuinely excited about candidate

Maintain high standards even under time pressure

Better to wait for right person than rush wrong hire

“Resist hiring mediocre VP Marketing due to urgent need - wrong hire costs months of poor performance and rehiring”

The highest returns on capital we get as entrepreneurs is talent.

Investing in great people provides better ROI than any other business investment

Management Diamond Framework

A diagnostic framework for understanding why employees aren't performing by examining four core areas: what (unclear exp

Mosaic 6 Business Constraint Framework

Six core areas that limit business growth: More (traffic/leads), Metrics (tracking/optimization), Market (product-market

Identify genuinely intelligent candidates during interviews

Hiring candidates who demonstrate high learning velocity and can bridge skill gaps quickly

Hire C-level executives who can operate as true partners

Leaders you seek advice from on complex problems who bring their own networks and can operate full-stack

Hire for Smallest Skill Deficiency

Always hire the candidate with the smallest gap between their current capabilities and role requirements, regardless of