Homegrown Talent

"There are the people who don’t have any experience but are just really smart, talented, and motivated. When you get those people right, they’re your ‘homegrown talent’, if you will. These people are your farm team. These people are, for the most part, the best people who will stay long term at your company. They’re the carriers of the culture. They grew up there. You took a chance on them. They’ve learned how to be in the business."

Taken from here:

http://firstround.com/article/How-Dave-Goldberg-of-SurveyMonkey-Built-a-Billion-Dollar-Business-and-Still-Gets-Home-By-5-30

I think this is a pretty cool article and wanted to share. I believe the above quote nails it on the head. When you give people a chance they will usually go above and beyond to impress you. These are the people that are thankful for the opportunity and will stand by your company or team for the long haul. Do right by them and they will do right by you. 

When building a core team, that is the type of person you are going to want to go after.