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Daniel Yanisse: Biggest Mistakes Founders Make in the Hiring Process | 20VC #903 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 0:23 Harry Stebbings We look at Check It's Day and the big valuation and the incredible team, but where did it all start and what was that aha moment for you?
- ▶ 0:35 Daniel Yanisse My friend Jonathan, co-founder and engineer, were hacking, coding, different side projects, and one of them was the early version of Checkr.
- ▶ 7:17 Daniel Yanisse We have a core value check of humility, and sometimes I've compromised on that and hire some people that had a bit too much ego, I think. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 15:04 Daniel Yanisse I think all of those little details on how you let the person go and how you support them and your fare during that process, that has been helpful at Checker.
- ▶ 15:22 Harry Stebbings When you look at team building now, and you look at it over the last years with Checker, what would you have done differently knowing what you know now?
- ▶ 31:53 Harry Stebbings When we look at the valuations, and I mean this with total respect before with Checker, they've been pretty high, and I've always thought, wow, 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 42:34 Daniel Yanisse I mean, I think, you know, starting the company to be an API first, uh, the way we did it, I think was really good. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 46:06 Harry Stebbings Um, tell me, what is the hardest element of your role with Checker today? 3 times in the scene
20VC: Matrix's Ilya Sukhar on How The Seed Ecosystem Could Be Optimised, Why The Bar For The Break-Out Series A Has Risen & The Art of Effective Referencing
- ▶ 1:02 Harry Stebbings He has one of the best tracks I think I've seen in the business, including the likes of former guests last week in the form of Scale, Checker, Algolia, Airtable, GitLab, the list goes on, and, ah, incredible portfolio there.
- ▶ 7:42 Harry Stebbings I do want to stay on you, but maybe move more to your investing mindset, and as we said before the show, I've seen your name on the cap tables of the best companies that I've had on the show, from Algolia to Front to Triplebyte, Checker,…
20VC: Accel GP, Rich Wong on When Is The Right Time To Scale A Startup, Optimising Initial vs Follow-On Investment Decision-Making & The Globalisation of VC In Recent Years
- ▶ 0:50 Harry Stebbings Rich also sits on the boards of the likes of Checker, Osmo, Rovio, and Atlassian, where, fun fact, he was the first outside board member and lead investor.
20VC: Y Combinator's Paul Buchheit on Creating Gmail Version 1.0 & Leadership Lessons from Working With Zuckerberg and Larry Paige
- ▶ 0:51 Harry Stebbings Paul's also a prolific angel, having created an immense portfolio with the likes of Gusto, Checker,
20VC: Elad Gil on Becoming One of Silicon Valleys Top Angels, Why Most People Get Market Sizing Wrong & Should VC Services Always Be Bundled Together?
20VC: What Does It Take To Gain A Late Stage Cheque Today? The Fundamental Mistakes CEOs Make In The Scaling Process & The Importance Of Building The Next S Curve For Founders with Jules Maltz, General Partner @ IVP
- ▶ 27:23 Jules Maltz So frustrating, because I did two investments in 2016, and both of them are not announced, and one's a, you know, one's an incredibly exciting fintech company that's earlier stage, and one is a later stage unicorn that I think is going to… 4 times in the scene