[johnthealy3]

To be fair, this man's job was to identify the type of person who is likely to succeed at startups, and by most accounts he was very successful at it.

Understanding personality traits and how they relate to the people you're looking for has felt critically important as I work on my startup. It has come up over and over again in hiring (including MANY more inbound, exploratory conversations than I would have expected) and in client management (identifying the best point of contact on their side, but also keeping clients on track and responsive during an onboard).