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Vivas: Curated Has Scrapped Employee Job Titles Entirely
“For starters, one of the things we do is we don't have titles of the company.”
Vivas: Smart Employees Will Figure Out Company Reality Regardless of Secrecy
“If you hired smart people, they're going to figure the shit out anyways. You can hide things from dumb people. Smart people are going to figure it out, so you might as well be straight up. I mean, because if I have a sense of urgency behind certain decisions, …”
Vivas: Convincing Candidates by Selling Dreams Is a Major Hiring Mistake
“The biggest mistake I've made in hiring is trying to convince people to join us. And I think it's that if I sell the dream and I convince you to come and inevitably the dream doesn't come true, you're going to be demoralized. You weren't really that bought in …”
Vivas: Consumers Cover Half of Curated Expert Compensation Via Tips
“Half of expert compensation is actually covered by the consumer via tips.”
Vivas: Curated Employee Secondary Liquidity Take Rate Is Under 10%
“We've offered our team a few secondaries, and the take rate has been less than 10%. In one case, we didn't even have enough secondary demand to fill, to cover the legal fees.”
Vivas: Stacking 90% Software Solutions Creates Mediocre Technology
“One of the things we've come to terms with is if I stack a bunch of 90% solutions on top of each other, it gets really mediocre really quickly.”
Vivas: Curated Lost Only One Employee Out of 135 Last Year
“I think we've lost one person in the last 12 months, right? And we're a 135 people. I think over the course of the history of the company, we've lost less than I can count on my hand.”
Vivas: Curated Maintains a Product Return Rate Between 1% and 2%
“Our return rate is between one and two percent, meaning people shipping the items back.”