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10 Essential Characteristics of Your First Employee (blog.startupcvs.com)
4 points by Mengue 3951 days ago
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This is pretty good but two big ones are missing

-- Grace under fire: I always love to ask folks I interview "what was your biggest mistake and how did you recover". The person who can be the cause and the solution (or at least a major player in it) and knows to "ask for help" is someone you want on your team. Folks who cry in a corner or "hide it" aren't the people you want to hire.

-- Tolerance for risk: Your going to have a lot of it, they are going to take some of it too. Make sure you aren't going to get someone on your team who is great till you have to make a big move and they shut down

good points, thanks for the contribution!