Should Your Startup Be Hiring Specialists or Generalists?

Managers love to reward hyper-specialization. But is it better to hire for general problem-solving abilities?

John Belizaire
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6 min readSep 25, 2019

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AAbout a month ago, my wife and I hosted our first book club. It was nothing fancy, just some pizza, wine, and one fascinating book: Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized

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John Belizaire
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CEO of Soluna. I am learning to be a better CEO — and getting 1% better every day. I share my stories from 20+ yrs experience on ceoplaybook.co.