Dines: Hiring expert A-players without chemistry is a recipe for disaster
Daniel Dines · Scaling a B2B Leader from $0 to $1B+ ARR: Insights from UiPath's CEO and Founder Daniel Dines · Jun 14, 2023 · at 20:13
UiPath co-founder and CEO Daniel Dines reflects on executive scaling and organizational hiring lessons with Accel partner Philippe Botteri at SaaStr.
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“My biggest learning in hiring, you should go for chemistry versus expertise. I was always under impression that you, if you can assemble a team of A players, highly experts in their domain, this is gonna work. It is far away from working. This is a recipe for disaster.”
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