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If you work in tech startups, you likely have the privilege to choose who you work with or for. No company will be perfect, and even the most talented people will have flaws, often huge. Everyone is a package deal, as Mrs. Jackson often likes to remind me.
But in business, I’ve found that the one thing to never compromise on when choosing
people is morality. Not because immoral or amoral people can’t succeed in business – they often do – but because these people will fuck your coworkers, they will fuck customers, and they will fuck you as soon as it is in their best interest.
They will do it in little ways (stretching the truth to close a deal), and in big ways (washing out departed co-founders for their own benefit in an exit). And afterwords, they will quickly move on without a second thought, telling themselves that it’s “just business.”
I don’t know about you, but doing great work takes all my energy. I don’t have any left to watch my back, regardless of the potential upside. I need a team that defines success as everybody winning (founders, employees, customers, etc), and when things get tough – which they almost always do at some point – does the right fucking thing.
Fortunately, I’ve found that there are plenty of great people out there to work with. And with a little effort, you can usually figure out who the other ones are pretty quickly.
