hiring: everyone on the record — The Minutes https://minutesof.com/on/hiring/ Everyone on the record about hiring: 8 verbatim quotes from 3 people, December 2012 to March 2026, in one chronology, each with a timestamp and a link to… en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 22:33:00 +0000 Bill Gurley: Gurley describes hating traditional college hiring with 30 candidates getting fifteen minute slot https://minutesof.com/q/5347634b-7b03-44f9-bccf-e03d4a8c4d1d/ https://minutesof.com/q/5347634b-7b03-44f9-bccf-e03d4a8c4d1d/ “You got to stand out next to everyone that's just like you. And it seems so unoptimal to me.” — Bill Gurley, Mighty Pursuit Tue, 24 Mar 2026 15:49:15 +0000 hiring Dylan Patel: Patel says his company now employs 26 people distributed across seven countries globally. https://minutesof.com/q/c7d348ba-06b9-4f7f-a015-79e6340a38fe/ https://minutesof.com/q/c7d348ba-06b9-4f7f-a015-79e6340a38fe/ “There's 26 people who work at the company now. Cool. All over the world. Right? US, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, France, Germany Uh-huh. Canada. Yeah. Yeah. Well, that'll be one less country. Right? He's gone.” — Dylan Patel, Origins with Sonith Tue, 10 Jun 2025 17:13:06 +0000 hiring David Friedberg: Friedberg requires every hiring request at Ohalo to include a paragraph explaining why AI can https://minutesof.com/q/0d98cd35-bb0b-4b64-9fe0-02baafb2b89e/ https://minutesof.com/q/0d98cd35-bb0b-4b64-9fe0-02baafb2b89e/ “Ask those questions. And so maybe every job description that needs to get approved by leadership, and the first paragraph is, why aren't you using AI?” — David Friedberg, This Week in Startups Thu, 22 May 2025 16:00:06 +0000 hiring David Friedberg: Friedberg mandates managers justify headcount requests by first explaining why AI cannot acco https://minutesof.com/q/6f0d6daa-55c6-4ac7-8228-c5caf5b982b3/ https://minutesof.com/q/6f0d6daa-55c6-4ac7-8228-c5caf5b982b3/ “So for example, when anyone asks for head count, ask them, Why can't AI do the job? Right.” — David Friedberg, This Week in Startups Thu, 22 May 2025 16:00:06 +0000 hiring David Friedberg: Friedberg's non-engineer chief of staff used AI to write a Python script that screened hundre https://minutesof.com/q/be341729-f938-4d39-8709-50fdb4353768/ https://minutesof.com/q/be341729-f938-4d39-8709-50fdb4353768/ “So Laura asked AI to write a Python script for her, to download all the resumes from Greenhouse, scan them, score them, and give her results. She did this all in a couple of hours.” — David Friedberg, This Week in Startups Thu, 22 May 2025 16:00:06 +0000 hiring Bill Gurley: Gurley says the majority of Benchmark partners joined at about 30 years old. https://minutesof.com/q/cebee660-d5e7-4a3d-95b2-2607f8c4ab8e/ https://minutesof.com/q/cebee660-d5e7-4a3d-95b2-2607f8c4ab8e/ “And so across our partnership, the majority of the partners joined at about 30 years old.” — Bill Gurley, GigaOm Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:56:41 +0000 hiring Bill Gurley: Gurley says the majority of Benchmark partners joined at about 30 years old because venture is a https://minutesof.com/q/56b29243-a0dc-48c1-a93a-1298afa884d6/ https://minutesof.com/q/56b29243-a0dc-48c1-a93a-1298afa884d6/ “And so across our partnership, the majority of the partners joined at about 30 years old. And there's a number of reasons why I think youth plays to an advantage. One, it's a hustle game.” — Bill Gurley, GigaOm Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:56:41 +0000 hiring Bill Gurley: Gurley says the majority of Benchmark partners joined at about 30 years old. https://minutesof.com/q/4d6f1696-0ba8-4e68-b249-7a574fd05a2b/ https://minutesof.com/q/4d6f1696-0ba8-4e68-b249-7a574fd05a2b/ “Kevin Harvey joined the venture business about that time. Peter Fenton also joined at about that age. And so across our partnership, the majority of the partners joined at about 30 years old.” — Bill Gurley, GigaOm Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:56:41 +0000 hiring