Founders & Leaders - First-Principles Hiring & Talent-Spotting

🗣️ "If you're not a first-principles thinker ... it's very difficult to win in this market." I recently sat down with Albert Malikov for our latest episode of our "How They Hire" series. Albert is the founder and CEO of Stacks, a $23M Series A startup building purpose-built AI for enterprise accounting and financial close. We discussed how he thinks about hiring and selecting top talent. The episode is packed with pearls of wisdom on what it takes to build a world-class team. One of my favourite moments was Albert's point about the importance of first principles thinking in a time where both the opportunity space and problem statement are constantly evolving. I think this is a skill founders are naturally strong at given the need to envision the future: now this skill is in high demand across the organisation. It's what allows you to cut through the noise and focus on what matters in a chaotic and fast-changing world. Full interview in the first comment. 👇 🤫 More episodes are on the way. If you don't want to miss them, subscribe to The Big Byte. And if you know a founder or leader with an exceptional ability to spot talent -- we'd love to speak to them!