Business | 18 Aug 2026
What Operating Taught Me About Hiring
Capability, reliability and character — in roughly that order of how long they take to discover.
Building Genie Pro meant thinking about people every day. The lesson I return to most: skills are visible in a week, reliability in a month, character in a year.
Hire slowly, be generous with good people, and be honest early when something is not working.
BK
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Bella Khaja
Investor, entrepreneur and builder based in Singapore. Writing about property, business, projects and faith.