human resources

also referred to as: hr

8 statements across 8 episodes · 3 bullish · 2 bearish · 8 people on the record · first statement Aug 28, 2020 by Jennifer Tejada · across every show →

Everything said about human resources, oldest first

Aug 28, 2020
Insight
Diversity must be managed like a core business initiative with explicit goals
“Treat it like a business initiative as opposed to a box checking exercise or something that HR owns. And with any important business initiative, you set explicit measurable goals with explicit milestone timing, timeframes, and you allocate resources and leader…”
Jennifer Tejada Aug 28, 2020 ▶ 38:12 20VC: PagerDuty CEO Jennifer Tejada on A Leader's Relationship To Risk, Insecurity, Making Decisions with Imperfect Data & What Successful Board Management Looks Like
Jan 14, 2021
Insight
Ghodsi: Startups only need a dedicated Head of HR at 100+ employees
“But I kind of think around hundred employees plus is when it starts mattering a lot to have really sort of strong head of HR.”
Ali Ghodsi Jan 14, 2021 ▶ 23:45 20VC: Databricks CEO, Ali Ghodsi on The 3 Phases of Startup Growth, How to Evaluate Risk and Downside Scenario Planning & Who, What and When To Hire When Scaling Your Go-To-Market
Oct 3, 2022 positive
Insight
Conrad: Employee data systems must extend beyond HR into IT and finance
“And the idea was that employee data, because it's a lot more distributed, we think, than just the HR department and HR business systems you know, companies need a system that manages employee information. In a way that's not merely just about HR that sort of a…”
Parker Conrad Oct 3, 2022 ▶ 1:01 Parker Conrad: How I Got Ousted from Zenefits and Came Back with a Vengence | 20VC #932 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 17, 2025 neutral
Assertion Supported
Rangan: B2B software markets are not winner-take-all
“B to B apps are not winner take all markets. Whether you look at HR or finance, CRM, they all have multiple players.”
Yamini Rangan Mar 17, 2025 ▶ 0:16 Yamini Rangan, CEO @ HubSpot: How HubSpot Competes Against Salesforce · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
May 26, 2026 negative
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Feldman predicts AI will eliminate routine informational human resources jobs
“I think the role of HR changes fundamentally. The part of AR, HR that just, that answered questions, that provided information about benefits, that, that disappears.”
Andrew Feldman May 26, 2026 ▶ 37:36 Cerebras CEO on the Future of Data Centres, Token Costs & Memory | Should US Companies Sell to China · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jun 11, 2026 positive
Opinion
Lemkin: AI will manage parts of HR better than biased humans
“But I do think HR is one of these areas that in many parts of it will be better managed by AI. I think an AI can be a better VP of HR for certain parts of the job than a biased human.”
Jason Lemkin Jun 11, 2026 ▶ 25:54 SpaceX Launches Largest Ever IPO | OpenAI Files to Go Public | Uber Cuts 23% of HR · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jun 20, 2026 negative
Opinion
Stebbings: Every great CEO hates HR
“Oh, I fucking hate HR, and every great CEO hates HR, and like a complete dick that I am, I thought I'd front run his show and take every great CEO hates HR, and I'd tweet it myself. Oh my god, I got killed By everyone for this tweet, which was essentially Adam…”
Harry Stebbings Jun 20, 2026 ▶ 44:53 Flexport CEO: Two Questions Every Founder Needs to Ask · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Sep 7, 2026 positive
Insight
Greze: Town drives early growth via underserved roles like HR and EAs
“There are other functions, like executive assistants, chiefs of staff HR team members, finance, like, some more junior finance team members that don't, there's, don't have that much AI in their day-to-day. They, like, really don't. And a lot of their workflows…”
Jean-Denis Greze Sep 7, 2026 ▶ 28:22 Town vs Instinct vs GrokBot | Why the AI Assistant Market Is Not a Bubble
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