Successful entrepreneurs surround themselves with people who think like they do with respect to business philosophy and values. They are not necessarily looking for people with the exact same managerial style or personality, but rather people who live by the same basic principles. For example, the entrepreneur may seek out people who passionately believe in the same customer service philosophy, or who respond to fellow employees and the community in the way the entrepreneur believes is appropriate. Successful entrepreneurs help create and nurture these passions and drives by hiring and grooming people who fit the organization and who match the entrepreneurs' value system. Just as successful entrepreneurs realize that they were not born with some mystical gift of entrepreneurism, they also know that a part of nurturing and developing their top people is letting them learn from their mistakes.
Wisdom is an accumulation of experiences - good and bad.
Successful entrepreneurs recognize the need to give their managers the freedom to make decisions and build their confidence. A central part of igniting people's passions and entrepreneurial drive is giving them the opportunity to make decisions and take risks. Successful entrepreneurs have discovered that people put more into their work when they are doing something that they helped develop and that they believe in. Allowing their top people to learn from their wisdom and to develop their own from experience is essential to nurturing their entrepreneurial spirit. Staffing decisions are some of the more difficult ones entrepreneurs facing the brick wall have to make.