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What separates a good exec team from a great one? Here are 4 things I've learned about building a winning executive team: 1. **Decide On Your Role**: Founders can get wrapped up in titles and traditional roles. Every leadership team and company is unique. That's a feature, not a bug. Be very honest with yourself at what you are best in the world at; then aim to hire a team over time that absorbs the work you're not great at. You don't always need to be a traditional CEO, CTO, etc. Everything in business is made up. There are some helpful patterns to learn from, but it's not the only way. 2. **Hire with a Mood Board**: okay, not literally. But giving up parts of your business to a stranger is really difficult. Make sure when you're hiring you're not only looking at the resume (going 0-10, b2b saas, etc.) but write down how you want them to be like you and not like you. E.g., do you like folks who process verbally or who like write docs? Do you need someone who is good at managing conflict because you're weak at it? 3. **The best player might not fit your team**: Make sure new hires mesh well with the exec team you're building. Take a page from Moneyball and look for complementary additions, not just how well they fit into a specific role. 4. **Balance experience and enthusiasm**: It's important to have a mix of experienced executives and first-timers stretching into a role. Seasoned leaders will have many patterns to pull from, but over time their skills as practitioners atrophy. First-timers will approach problems from first-principals and more often than not work extremely hard to earn their spot.