De Rycker: Managing internal VC firm talent cannot be a side hustle
Sonali De Rycker · Sonali De Rycker | How I Became a Partner at Accel; Type 1 vs. Type 2 Mistakes | 20VC #902 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · Jun 27, 2022 · at 17:21
Sonali De Rycker is a Partner at Accel London. She explains why Accel hired a dedicated internal talent manager, comparing the role to Wendy Rhoades from the TV show Billions.
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“We thought that we needed a Wendy-like figure, you know, but because it's all about if you're telling your companies to focus on culture, you're telling your companies to focus on talent, why would you not want to do that? And of course you can do that yourself, but it's not a side hustle. You need one person to really be thinking about it all the time in terms of how you can be world class.”
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