AI Strategy
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
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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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