One of the great things about building a tech company is the amazing people that you can hire.
As a designer, design director or any creative person, you have to hire great people, support them and make them feel comfortable so they can contribute and give you their best.
In most cases being a good boss means hiring talented people and then getting out of their way.
Get the right people. Then no matter what all else you might do wrong after that, the people will save you. That's what management is all about.
The majority of the time, we try to hire the best people that we can get just to make the best films, and I think that's something that Pure Flix has been known for the movies we produce on the budgets that we do... our production values have elevated this genre.
For creative tasks, the best approach is often just to hire great people and get out of their way.
There are "four keys" to becoming an excellent manager: finding the right fit for employees, focusing on strengths of employees, defining the right results, and hiring for talent - not just knowledge and skills.
I'm really good at hiring good people.
For years I have told my students that I been trying to train executives rather than clerks. The distinction between the two is parallel to the distinction previously made between understanding and knowledge. It is a mighty low executive who cannot hire several people with command of more knowledge than he has himself.
