Hunt Club recently became a sponsor of my websites. Hunt Club enables you to recruit vetted talent, faster. We leverage our proprietary referral network of 25k business leaders to source talent proven to perform better and stay longer at companies. Clients include Bain Capital, Tiger Global, WestCap, and FJ Labs. Darren Herman, an Operating Partner...
[Continue Reading]Founders Edge: How we quantitatively assess founders’ odds of success
I’m excited to share the latest in PEVCtech’s periodic series on the tech and analytics stack of investment management firms. We’re fortunate to interview Greg Raiz, Founder of Founders Edge VC, and Jess Lynch, Partner. Founders Edge (fka Raiz Capital) is a member of the most recent Coolwater Capital cohort of emerging venture capital managers....
[Continue Reading]How to find the right online communities
The user experience in the big, ungated social networks is getting steadily worse: spam, bots, fake news. There are three main solutions: technology (i.e., anti-bot tools, but that’s an endless battle); gating; and/or curation/moderation. One result: I think we’ll see people spending more and more time in gated online communities. Particularly in a time of...
[Continue Reading]How to negotiate and evaluate your job offer
“The board has met and we’d like to extend you an offer to join the company. We’ll send you all the details via email. We are excited to have you join us!” If you get that phone call, what should you be thinking about? I compiled the best resources I found here. This is relevant...
[Continue Reading]Are you hiring a cultural fit? Do you actually want to?
Who should you hire: the superstar with great skills who feels like a poor fit with the culture, or the person with weaker skills but who fits in culturally? Even though I believe in hiring the stranger, cultural fit really matters. I once had an interview set up with a candidate who looked strong on...
[Continue Reading]A family-friendly work environment is a powerful recruiting and retention tool
My wife and I have a lot of conversations about work-life balance, or as I usually think of it, making sure I don’t use up too many “spouse points”. Many early-stage companies do not have these issues top of mind, because so many founders are pre-children. However, even people without children often end up having...
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