Managing Risk With Talent Every Time You Hire

It's tempting to think you should recruit when you have an opening, but great start ups know that winning with the best players requires a more proactive commitment. They allocate a fixed percentage of their time every week to learning about awesome people who might one day fill critical future roles. When i was a founder, i spent a minimum of two hours a day, every day, no matter what, on recruiting. We see this in the cloud flare example directly, as matthew prince still spends up to a third of his time recruiting even to this day.