Many people will be familiar with Malcolm Gladwell's "10,000 hours rule" (the idea being that you can't become expert at something without 10,000 hours of training - although this idea has been challenged in recent years as well) and it was interesting to see that this founder cited that theory in his article about how he has improved his skill set as a founder. 

The interesting part particularly (other than also being slightly geeky on computer games - and I dare not say how many hours I may have spent playing Football Manager/Championship Manager) is the idea that you can actually pick up skills in different spheres and be truly transferable. This entrepreneur has a really insightful take on the skills he learnt, although not immediately obvious when you read about the time he has spent on a "mere" computer game.

I think the call to arms here - as a founder, or indeed any sort of boss who is looking to recruit (so challenge to myself!) - is to think more deeply and more widely about the skills that someone has, particularly in this world where we should all be challenging ourselves to be more inclusive and to give opportunities to people with different experiences who can really add something to a team. 

In the hunt for talent (which is often cited as CEOs' main worry along with retention of talent) it is probably incumbent on all of us to think about what people can actually do, and what they have really experienced and learnt, in finding the talent our respective businesses need to succeed.