Playing Tennis

Alan Waxman told Patrick O’Shaughnessy they want to hire a certain kind of person:

“So people that are over themselves, no politics, no egos, no BS, just so we can all talk to each other. So those are the values. We always said we wanted to be the largest startup in the industry.

That’s literally day one. We want people that can play tennis so they can debate, not that my baby is the prettiest type people.”

Throughout the episode Waxman references “playing tennis”.

It’s so common, it’s probably an internal figure of speech too.

And it’s a great example of how to argue well. Not to hard, not too soft. Engage in an enriching way. Aim for improvement, not defeat.

It’s a good organization if someone can play some tennis.