Always surround yourself with success

Always surround yourself with success
Steve Jobs aimed to be a really good talent scout. (Image: Bloomberg)
Simon Robertson
Steve Jobs, the late Apple founder, once said: "You've got to be a really good talent scout because no matter how smart you are, you need a team of great people … to help you build an organisation that can eventually just build itself because you need great people around you."RoadieYou may have seen a decent amount of press on the Far Out 4x4 Road Trip that’s been going on all week. It was in the New Zealand Herald and on Newstalk ZB with Mike Hosking, and the NZ Exchange (NZX) put it on their ticker tape on the build...

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