Boehmig: Early startup hires are sold on team dynamics over company vision
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Jason Boehmig is the co-founder and CEO of Ironclad. He discusses early-stage talent acquisition and how Ironclad built its initial employee base.
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“And if we look at our second employee, it was someone that I had worked with at a previous job, and we just got along great. And that teamwork vibe was the selling point there, as opposed to even the vision of the company at that point. So super hustly and network-based in the early days.”
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