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Fear of Failure and Hiring Sporks: The Startup Growth Guide (with Shanee Ben-Zur, CGMO at Crunchbase)

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Signs of a Spork: Excitement for Learning and Challenges

A company needs multifunction athletes who have a desire to learn, a hunger to help, and flexibility. Later on, super athletes with specific skills can be hired. Hiring the best person at one specific function early on can be a mistake. Look for signals such as excitement for learning from challenges to identify these multifunction athletes. Learning and challenges are fun and job function is not a priority.

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