What High-Performing Teams Do Differently to Find and Hire Top Talent.

Maddie Jones, founder of Talent X, has worked with founders and GTM leaders at fast-growing companies to fix one of the most underestimated growth problems: hiring the wrong people. With a background far outside traditional recruiting, she brings a performance-first lens to how teams are built and scaled.In this episode, Maddie breaks down why CVs, pedigree, and brand-name experience are weak predictors of success. You’ll learn how to hire for aptitude over credentials, design job ads that self-filter talent, interview for real performance evidence, and run reference checks that actually surface the truth. If your GTM strategy looks good on paper but execution keeps breaking, this conversation explains why.