Alex's Reviews > Talent: How to Identify Energizers, Creatives, and Winners Around the World

This was easily the best book I’ve ever read on talent and hiring. Not surprising, as it was written by Tyler Cowen and Daniel Gross - two people obsessed with identifying and interviewing talent, and also unafraid to go beyond platitudes and uncover some contrarian takes.

Also, this book is going to be more useful for scrappy startup founders than it will be corporate Google recruiters. It’s obviously the case that easily identifiable talent has already been “priced in,” thus your only choice is to pay top rate - which Google can do, but you, a scrappy startup, cannot. So the point of the book is learning how you may be able to find untapped and underrated talent, which is arguably the most important thing a startup leader can do. I’m now obsessed with this pursuit as well, so this book hit me at a great time.