From: Stanford ECorner on Thu, Nov 05 2009 6:21 PM

The first is people are everything to a startup. People say it’s the technology, it's the market opportunity. Forget it. It really is how great is the team that you can hire and how well they work together, and that will matter so much more than what technology you have, and that has been p...

From: Stanford ECorner on Thu, Nov 05 2009 6:17 PM

People first is about encouraging people to grow and evolve. It’s about people. I was talking to Eduardo Elsztain, who spoke the first day. And I was talking about this, and he said, "We're a people first organization." He was just realizing that. He was saying, "I basically have ...

From: Stanford ECorner on Thu, Nov 05 2009 6:14 PM

People, people, people. It just turns out to be, business is simple. It’s all about people. And then people do the right things. You have to give them guidance and you have to have ideas, and you have to have all sorts of things to be successful. But the most important thing is to have the right...

From: Stanford ECorner on Thu, Nov 05 2009 6:14 PM

I don’t know how many of you really love to interview people. Is that something you get up every morning and say, "I'd really love to go have to hire someone new, an assistant or salesperson, a product manufacturer, or a product manager?" So we always want the person to be the right person....

From: Stanford ECorner on Thu, Nov 05 2009 6:14 PM

I think the number one thing in having a great entrepreneurial career is working with great people. It may seem incredibly obvious. You are surrounded by a lot great people here at Stanford and when you think of a lot the entrepreneurial success stories that have come out of this university - Yah...

From: Stanford ECorner on Thu, Nov 05 2009 6:05 PM

Mandelbaum suggests that one should surround themselves with really great people in order to bolster their chances of success. But how can we meet these people? She explains that you can meet people anywhere, from Border’s to the supermarket. You never know where a valuable relationshi...