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"Know your core competencies and focus on being great at them. Pay up for people in your core competencies. Get the best. Outside the core competencies, hire people that fit your culture but are cheap."
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Source: How to Win at the Sport of Business: If I Can Do It, You Can Do It. Book by Mark Cuban, November 20, 2011.
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