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Startup Secret #1: Good genes
"The first ten people you hire determine your company's DNA forever."
--Halsey Minor, CNET, in 1996
CNET's original CEO told me this in the early days of CNET. He went on to explain that if you bring someone in to your company early on and their ethos or culture isn't what you want, you'll never be able to fully get it out of the company once they start hiring their own people.
Always hire carefully, but be extra aware that first people you hire will determine the course of your company's evolution long … Read more
