As has been the case with Sebastian Vettel, Daniil Kvyat, Daniel Ricciardo, Max Verstappen, we're always going to draw upon the talent pool we have.
I think proximity in recruiting matters the most.
I have a wonderful assistant. I tell her I need four amputees and a midget, and she finds them.
It's not so important to me where I work. A lot of good writers and directors and actors come out of Hollywood, so obviously it would be great to work there, but there's some great stuff coming out of Britain, so I'm going to see what comes from all angles.
If people can spot talent rather than the talent having to come to us, then I think you might find that the quality of stuff goes up.
You go for the best talent available, wherever it is. You fish it out. That's how I've scouted all my career. Doesn't matter where it is - international, domestic, college, anywhere.
When screening engineers from other companies, its smart to value engineers from great companies more than those from mediocre companies.
I have a great admiration for English actors and actresses and have used them at every opportunity over the years, but now I won't have to import them to New York.
Our model is very, very different to LinkedIn. We only deal with very small companies. We don't have any support for recruiters. In fact, recruiters are not supposed to be on AngelList Talent. It's a direct market where we connect CEOs and the founders and the head of products with their talent directly.
The experts typically know where the other best-in-the-world talents are currently working and can help you recruit them in with a credible intro.
YouTube has been a great source for me to spot talents across the world and provide a break.
To me, no one has fully cracked the code on social recruiting yet.
I've seen an increasing willingness to hire Canadians for lead roles that shoot up here. When I started, they would always just fly in L.A. people to do the lead roles.
If you want to pay money for an English talent you pay way over the odds. You get players from abroad really cheap.
I heavily overinvest in recruiting. I have an understanding with certain search firms that if you find someone great, don't wait until there's a job opening - send him to me.
I've always found it strange that a director can hire any designer he wants from any country. But if he hires a foreign actor, it's like he's stolen the crown jewels and run across the river with them.
