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If you were to distill then, say we were coming up with a new how to succeed in Mr. B's production handbook now, what would be the top five? If I was applying for a job with you, what five characteristics would I need to demonstrate to be successful?
Have you ever been frustrated that the people you've hired don't match your level of obsession?
Have you ever been frustrated that the people you've hired don't match your level of obsession?
Are there people that do?
Are there people that do?
And you have almost 500, roughly 500 people?
And you have almost 500, roughly 500 people?
Most founders that I speak to describe scaling head counts as the kind of worst part of the job. More people, more problems, right?
Most founders that I speak to describe scaling head counts as the kind of worst part of the job. More people, more problems, right?
Especially as someone like you who's a creative at heart and who is very focused and obsessed on, I guess, the show and producing, as you say often, I want to produce the best videos we possibly can.
Especially as someone like you who's a creative at heart and who is very focused and obsessed on, I guess, the show and producing, as you say often, I want to produce the best videos we possibly can.
And then all this other shit comes with it, which is like HR, which every founder I speak to hates.
And then all this other shit comes with it, which is like HR, which every founder I speak to hates.
Every founder says the same. Every founder I've spoke to says the same. They're unknown unknowns. Exactly.
Every founder says the same. Every founder I've spoke to says the same. They're unknown unknowns. Exactly.
The Diary of a Seer, I'm on a TV show called Dragon's Den in the UK, and my stuff is significantly smaller. It's like a percentage of your viewership. But even I am slightly terrified with hiring people because it's quite clear to me that there's a huge incentive for anyone that I work with to say that I did something bad. And in the early days of my first business,
The Diary of a Seer, I'm on a TV show called Dragon's Den in the UK, and my stuff is significantly smaller. It's like a percentage of your viewership. But even I am slightly terrified with hiring people because it's quite clear to me that there's a huge incentive for anyone that I work with to say that I did something bad. And in the early days of my first business,
What happens is the journalists go to everyone that works there, and they ask them, what was he like? You have the same problem. You have the same conundrum. Where anyone has an incentive that works for you, when they leave, so many different incentives to throw an arrow at you on the way out the door. How do you contend with this?
What happens is the journalists go to everyone that works there, and they ask them, what was he like? You have the same problem. You have the same conundrum. Where anyone has an incentive that works for you, when they leave, so many different incentives to throw an arrow at you on the way out the door. How do you contend with this?
Has any of that stuff ever got to you? Any criticism? Oh, of course.