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Brain Food - 'Never hire your friends. I have made this mistake three times and had to fire all three'

Published: 01 Nov 2000

Last Updated: 09 Oct 2013

'Never hire your friends. I have made this mistake three times and had to fire all three'

David Ogilvy said it.

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