The Best Only Want to Work With the Best

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8x978NnZSI
CULTURE
Issue #476
23 Nov 2025

‘You can’t outsource recruiting’

I love it when founders and VC’s talk recruiting, because inevitably they are going to say things which are non-PC, non-best practice, yet validated through their own experience of successfully putting together elite talent. This one from Naval Ravikant is pretty unrelenting, so be warned. Have a listen, (feel free to get triggered 🤣) and but then have a think - even critics might be forced to recognise there is a phase shift in recruiting foundational team vs employees when at larger scale.