Stephen Schwarzman Tag Archive

Make do with the people you have initially but clear out mediocre employees as you grow

(Excerpt from Whatever It Takes by Stephen Schwarzman) Even when you are small, though, and your resources most constrained, finding the right people is the most important thing you can do. You typically won’t have...

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What Blackstone Stephen Schwarzman looks for in interviewees

(Extracted from Whatever It Takes by Stephen Schwarzman) Here are my rules for how to have a successful interview: 1. Be on time. Punctuality is the first indicator of how much thought and preparation you have put...

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The airport test

(Extracted from Whatever It Takes by Stephen Schwarzman) When I interview people for Blackstone, I’m looking to understand whether an individual will fit our culture. At a minimum, this includes the airport test:...

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The gap between your dreams and reality, and the path to take

(Extracted from Whatever It Takes by Stephen Schwarzman) Every entrepreneur knows the feeling: that moment of despair when the only thing you are aware of is the giant gap between where you find yourself and the life...

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