the.com/talent scouting
paid pattern recognition for human potential nobody else noticed yet.
means the practice of identifying people with exceptional ability before the market prices them correctly.
from from military and sports scouts sent ahead to survey terrain, repurposed by baseball clubs in the 1800s to mean surveying people instead of land.
moneyball proofoakland a's beat teams with triple the payroll.
false negativesmichael jordan cut from varsity as a sophomore.
modern versionalgorithms now scout code commits and gameplay clicks.
for instance
branch rickey — signed jackie robinson in 1945, breaking baseball's color line.
barcelona's la masia — produced messi, iniesta, and xavi from age 13.
motown's scouting network — berry gordy found stevie wonder at age 11 in detroit.
y combinator — scouts founders pre-product, funded airbnb and stripe early.