Good post by Bernard Moon out on the AlwaysOn groupblog/emagazine/social networking site (what exactly is AlwaysOn?) about the challenge of building a great management team for a start-up.
Link: Building the Perfect Team :: AO.
Moon is a confirmed serial entrepreneur (his current start-up is his third) so this post captures a practitioner's personal best practices. He lists five rules to follow for building a team that will perform and endure. Some of it is common sense, but like the man said, nothing is so uncommon...
All five rules are good ones - I particularly like #1 (Partner with people you trust) and #3 (Check your ego at the door). On trust, he has a great quote from John Doerr: "Are these the people I want to be in trouble with for the next 5, 10, 15 years of my life?' Because as you build a new business, one thing's for sure: You will get into trouble."
John, thanks for the link! Great blog!
AlwaysOn is a tech journal/blog focused on 'bringing Silicon Valley to the world.' Its readership is primarily tech execs in Silicon Valley, but it does have a global readership. The founder is Tony Perkins who also founded Red Herring and Upside (with Rich Karlgaard, who is now publisher of Forbes). Check it out when you have time.
Posted by: Bernard Moon | August 23, 2005 at 04:14 AM