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Business: Hiring and Team Building

A practitioner playbook from Michael Skok’s Startup Secrets workshop — why fit beats “talent shortage,” how to hire with EKS / IQ / EQ / CQ, the three A’s of A+ players, and how to keep culture additive rather than dilutive.

AI Playbook2026-07-1916 min readintroductory

Executive takeaway

A practitioner playbook from Michael Skok’s Startup Secrets workshop — why fit beats “talent shortage,” how to hire with EKS / IQ / EQ / CQ, the three A’s of A+ players, and how to keep culture additive rather than dilutive.

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  3. What to do next

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