Want to Scale Fast? Hire BEFORE You Need Them

9 Aug 2025 · 2 min
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Short talk (YouTube) by Cameron Herold arguing that to scale quickly you should hire top-tier people before you immediately need them — “hire earlier” — because A-players outperform larger numbers of lower-paid B-players; illustrated by an anecdote from a Mine Valley speaking event in Dubai.

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