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I'm not familiar with that story but I know teams of copywriters & art directors that do this currently in the ad industry to great success. I'm not sure how w
by pdenya 14y ago
I'm not familiar with that story but I know teams of copywriters & art directors that do this currently in the ad industry to great success. I'm not sure how well that would work for a startup though, seems like an easy way to mess up the culture.
- beambot 14y agoI wasn't familiar with the story either [1]. Cool idea. [1] http://www.quora.com/What-is-the-story-behind-the-Microsoft-Five-at-Facebook http://www.quora.com/What-is-the-story-behind-the-Microsoft-...
- nugget 14y agoIn Facebook's case (see quora link from beambot), it seems like the instant injection of a high-quality core team permanently elevated the engineering culture and probably led to a lot of the success that followed. I could see it going the other way too. Maybe it just accelerates your startup towards its inevitable destiny, one way or the other...