Clark: Rapidly scaling companies need external hires to teach internal teams
Dave Clark · Dave Clark: Lessons from Leading 1M Employees w/ Jeff Bezos at Amazon to CEO of Flexport | E1036 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · Jul 17, 2023 · at 32:26
Dave Clark, CEO of Flexport and former Amazon WW Consumer CEO, explains how fast-growing companies balance internal promotions with external talent acquisition.
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“But in fast growth environments, like I was at Amazon and like we're in it flexed work you often have to intersperse more senior external talent because the business, the people who grew up internally, they haven't, don't have exposure to the business you're becoming. And so you need to hire some people from the outside who understand the business you're becoming. To help teach everybody that's being developed underneath.”
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