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To view keyboard shortcuts, press question mark View keyboard shortcuts Home Explore Notifications Chat SuperGrok Premium+ Bookmarks Creator Studio Articles Profile More Post Devan @devannpatel Article See new posts Conversation Rich @richzou The Best Founders Are Recruiters 10 7 91 12K "Recruiter" has somehow become a dirty word. People imagine spammy LinkedIn messages, transactional conversations, volume over depth. But that's a misunderstanding of what recruiting actually is. At its highest level, recruiting is belief allocation — the act of identifying exceptional people early and betting on them before the rest of the world catches up. And the best founders in the world are elite recruiters. Recruiting Is Not Filling Roles. It's Shaping Reality. When you start a company, you have almost nothing. No brand. No certainty. No proof you'll win. The only thing you truly control is who joins you. Every early hire is a bet that this person will bend reality with you. The founder's job is

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