Insight and breakthrough occurs from the collision or interdisciplinary information. Curiosity is the force that puts such collision in motion.
Before you hire a single person, you need to ask yourself: "What does success look like objectively? What do I want out of this role? How will I measure this person's performance in 90 days? What are the goals that we need to hit as a team in the next 9 to 12 months?
Find the most energetic and has the energy to positively manipulate the universe to do their bidding. Focus on people who always want to get to the next destination and achieve something.
Find those who love to learn, not love being the smartest.
Never hire someone unless they will raise the average for that position.
Search for unevenness. Find what is a weakness and makes a candidate uneven and focus on how to specialize their role for their strength.
Be high enough to set a vision who can understand the thematics of setting the strategy and where you need to go, but can also dive deep enough to really understand the core drivers of the business. There are so few people who can do that high-low transaction transition on any given day.