How to hire for your startup is one of the most crucial (if not the…
Entrepreneurship
[This is the first post of the “Hiring for Startups 101” blog series] I often hear from startups that they don’t see enough (quality) candidates for their open positions and most of the times this is largely due to their passive approach to filing the hiring funnel. Posting ads on Craiglist and other job boards […]
How to hire for your startup is one of the most crucial (if not the…
[This is the second post of the "Hiring for Startups 101" blog series] Once you…
[This is the first post of the “Hiring for Startups 101” blog series]
I often hear from startups that they don’t see enough (quality) candidates for their open positions and most of the times this is largely due to their passive approach to filing the hiring funnel. Posting ads on Craiglist and other job boards makes sense but is usually not enough in a generally tight market for talent where the best people don’t even look for jobs. Here are a few ideas to pro-actively fill the top of the hiring funnel:
Identifying great candidates and filling the top of the hiring funnel is mostly hustle – don’t wait for great candidates to come to you but use as many outreach strategies as possible to find them.
Portfolio
Robotics has been a core focus of my time in deep tech. I recently wrote a post sharing our considerations on robotics and we’ve made three investments in the category within the past year, including Optimotive. Today, I am thrilled to be able to share the news that we’ve led the $5m seed round of […]
There’s a talent drain facing the tech industry today. We frequently hear about companies that…
We are very happy to announce our investment in Manifold, the easiest way to find…