How to Spot Good People

Hiring great people is an important aspect of building a great company, but how do you spot good people? You can't tell by just having that one data point. And pretty much anybody who has made their background in some of their area is going to know a whole lot more about that than you. One interesting thing we did is, well, we screwed it up a few times. We hired people that just didn't work out. It was a very painful experience.