Don't be afraid of developing a contrarian viewpoint on what type of person is perfect for your company as CTO and how you're going to find that person.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
If you hire only those people you understand, the company will never get people better than you are. Always remember that you often find outstanding people among those you don't particularly like.
I like someone who's focused and can tell me what they've done well and not well and who's very open, honest, and self-aware.
Don't hire for the sake of hiring. Hire because there is no other way to do what you want to do.
If you're an employer, you want to hire an employee who'll do their job, not do your bidding.
If I go to a conference and someone tells me that they learned how to develop websites on Sitepoint and now they're a CTO at a company earning almost $200,000 a year, that lets me know that I'm doing the right thing.
It's great to work with people that you like, any job, no matter what you do.
Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than in bad company.
If you put someone in a job who is thinking for even a moment about the next job, you have the wrong person.
Don't ally your personal interests with the development of the company.
Beware of the company you keep. See that you associate with the right type of people.