Brendan Iribe Quotes

A lot of great people come to Facebook. In our business, we're about how do we help connect our companies to great people across all levels.

So I won't say I'm lucky. I'm fortunate enough to find or attract very talented people. For some reason I found them, and they found me.

Yes, I've had some pretty good luck finding wonderful talent.

The best way to be productive is to have a great team. So I spend more time than most CEOs on human resources. That's 20 percent of my week.

Again, talent is the real import of being in the business.

Hire the best people, and trust what you hired them to do.

We just want to have great people working for us.

Every job I've taken, I like to bring in some new faces.

I always try to pick projects by: Is this something that excites me? What are the people like to work with? Obviously you spend a lot of time in a room together with them, so I always try to find projects that hopefully have great people attached.

There's what is on screen and then for us, it's if you get along with the people and enjoy showing up at work.

In a creative business, if you're happy, it will come out in your work. I don't see how you can be happy if you don't like the people you're working with and if they aren't a joy to have fun with.

The work environment is very important in determining how enjoyable work is. It is very important to work with smart guys who have a superior level of intellectual bandwidth and still have softer skills as well.

I've always surrounded myself with talented people, both in film and in business.

Certainly, we continue to bring in new people. We'll hire, net new, over 4,000 people this year, and attract great people into the company. I'm very bullish about the employee base and what it can accomplish.

You're only as good as the people you hire.

I'm not interested in the mad race. I just like working with good people.

I have a job that I truly love, and an enormous crew of people that can do things better than I can!

I get to choose the people I work with.

People say the most important thing is building a world-class team.

You have got to attract the brightest and the best, but the brightest and best won't stay unless they see real career options.

Really in technology, it's about the people, getting the best people, retaining them, nurturing a creative environment and helping to find a way to innovate.

Executives must place a priority on wellbeing if they want to attract the right people, keep their best people, and drive their company's financial performance.

The greatest luck that I've had has been the ability to find men and women who came into my administration who worked with me and brought extraordinary talents that we were able to take full advantage of.

Employees are a company's greatest asset - they're your competitive advantage. You want to attract and retain the best; provide them with encouragement, stimulus, and make them feel that they are an integral part of the company's mission.

Even though I design my own jewelry, one of the great things about my job is being able to bring in really talented collaborators.