In this episode of the podcast, Steven Bartlett interviews Evan Spiegel, CEO and co-founder of Snapchat, focusing on the importance of hiring and company culture. Spiegel emphasizes that hiring the right people is crucial, especially those who are kind, smart, and creative. He reflects on early hiring mistakes, such as over-indexing on experience and specific domain expertise rather than adaptability. Spiegel also discusses the significance of kindness in fostering a creative environment, differentiating it from being merely nice, and stresses the importance of T-shaped leadership, which combines deep expertise with a broad understanding of the business. He advises entrepreneurs to prioritize quickly fixing mistakes and clearly defining company culture from the outset to avoid importing conflicting values as the company scales.
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