Adam Ward

“We had this thesis when I was at Growth by Design around like, we think there's a different way to do this... if a company had this willingness to commit this time and effort as this collective force, they could really have an unfair advantage when it comes to talent. Cursor acquired fully last year, which is not something that you often hear and is a testament to how good he and his team are.”

“Adam is known in the Valley as the most effective recruiting leader at building elite high talent density teams... Cursor acquired fully last year, which is not something that you often hear and is a testament to how good he and his team are.”

“I am going to reach out to 100 people. 20% of those are all high. By definition, that is not the top 20%. That is just the 20 people who you caught on a bad day. The way we all recruit is we kind of weed people out at each stage and we hire the remainder.”

“We had this thesis when I was at Growth by Design around like, we think there's a different way to do this... if a company had this willingness to commit this time and effort as this collective force, they could really have an unfair advantage when it comes to talent.”

“My very first manager, Jeff Daniel — we did this campus tour around the country talking to CS students. And that's where I first heard the term he coined.”

“I'm a huge Granola fan. I think I was super early on Granola. And I love that they continue to innovate. Just great product decisions. Easy to use. They're great on feedback too. If you've ever given them feedback, they're phenomenal.”

“I've been using a lot is Whisper Flow. And just trying to get out quick notes to my team. I am better this than this in terms of like my thoughts.”

“I love for founders is just the High Growth Handbook by Elad Gil. I just think it's such a great reference guide on different problems. And the core principles, even when that came out several years ago, I still think hold true.”

“There's one that I read in undergrad that has stuck with me. It's Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman... emotional intelligence right now more than ever is so important in this AI age.”

“Closing is a team sport. When we have a candidate, particularly a high profile, high caliber, there are often daily standups around that candidate about what we are collectively doing to get them to yes... Each candidate has their own channel.”