I was the CFO, COO, President of the company for a while. By wearing a lot of hats, I made sure that we didn t invest in filling positions too early. This is what I m talking about, strategically planning the way you need to hire. The caliber of person that we were able to attract because we d waited was much higher. So we had much clearer vision about what we needed in our leadership team.
Same thing goes for our general counsel.
My partner here and CEO of our company, he wore the hat of general counsel. He had a law degree and not qualified necessarily to serve that post, but because we had a lot of needs in general counsel. So that s a key thing, being very strategic and careful about how quickly you build your leadership team, and appreciating that the needs are going to change and evolve over time. So that s the first thing. Then, for instance, three of the vice presidents of the company were three people that I knew very well and had a deep relationship with.