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What if jerks are the ones who get things done?
That’s how Shark Tank‘s Kevin O’Leary and Kickstarter CEO Everette Taylor began their recent conversation on LinkedIn–saying they do not look for likeability when investing or hiring.
Kevin O’Leary said, with Taylor nodding in agreement: “In the early years and looking at the outcomes, I would always try and work with or invest in men and women that I liked, that I had an emotional connection with that I enjoyed working with. After seven or eight years of that, I realized that the ones that are providing returns are not the ones