Finkelstein: Great founding teams have non-overlapping skill sets
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Harley Finkelstein, President of Shopify, discusses how startup co-founders should hire for non-overlapping, complementary skill sets rather than picking similar friends.
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“I think that a lot of people start businesses with people that are just like them. People that they would be friends in high school with. But if you look at some of the best teams out there that have built incredible companies they are really different. I mean, their Venn diagrams in terms of skill sets don't really overlap. Rather, they extend the, you know, the aggregate skill set of the entire leadership team.”
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