2. Ability to build and manage a team in those functional areas. Can they recruit exceptional people? Can they build a recruiting culture within their teams? Do they know how to motivate people in their functions? The incentives for a salesperson are different from those for a product manager. Can they effectively manage people from their function? Managing designers, for example, requires different approaches than managing a customer support team. Do they understand how to build out an organization with multiple layers if needed? How deep of an organization have they managed in the past, and
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