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Adam Ward: belief

9 Aug 2026 Lenny's Podcast The playbook for building high-talent-density teams | Adam Ward, Head of Talent at Cursor

“Correct. And I think what a company generally knows is we're intrinsically not their top choice.”

— Adam Ward

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Adam Ward
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belief
Recorded
9 Aug 2026
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Lenny's Podcast

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…Versus just finding random excuses for more comp. Correct. And I think what a company generally knows is we're intrinsically not their top choice. And so we're trying to win head and hearts here and we're not trying to buy that out. How just mind-blowing are these comps these days? I imagine you've seen so many.…

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