How to hire an idiot (from the 'How to sell your software for $20,000' guy)
Could have done with a few fewer "but this guy was a friggin VP of a $100 million company!!!" moments, but still a good story.<p>I don't think anyone would recommend blind trust right off the bat. Of course you need to trust your employees, but only after they've earnt it in a probationary period of increasing responsibility and freedom.