#396 The Obsession of Enzo Ferrari

It was often said that the greatest skill that Enzo Ferrari had was his ability to recognize talent. He spent his entire career Working with the very best people he could. Enzo Ferrari knew, just like Steve Jobs knew. Just like Jeff Bezos knew that you always bet on talent. In fact Steve Jobs has this great quote where he says A small team of A plus players can run circles around a giant team of B and C players.

Enzo Ferrari built the best cars in the world in a small workshop with a small team. Jeff Bezos believed in working with the most talented people. In fact Jeff said Setting the bar high in our approach to hiring has been and will continue to be the single most important element of Amazon's success. You must build a team. That pursues the A players.

That is exactly what Enzo Ferrari did, and it is exactly what Ramp did. Ramp is the presenting sponsor of this podcast. And Ramp has the most talented technical team in their industry. Becoming an engineer at ramp is nearly impossible. In the last twelve months. Ramp has hired only point two three percent of the people that have applied.

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