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Esipov: Top Silicon Valley executive search firm sent 95% male candidate slate
“For example, I am working on several executive searches right now, and the first slate that one of the top tier executive search firms here in the Valley brought me was like, 95% male, and the five percent that was not male were candidates that I had put forwa…”
Esipov: External recruiters cannot solve diversity hiring for startups
“I have never found a recruiter that can solve diversity. I think that is something that as a leadership team, you have to make a company-wide priority and do yourself.”
Esipov: Consensus-based decision-making yields slow, average outcomes for startups
“It's very tempting, especially as a first-time team, to make every decision consensus-based. And so you deliberate on every decision, and everything takes forever. And oftentimes, unfortunately, you end up with a decision that's the average, as opposed to what…”
Boyle: Nova Credit was the only credit reporting agency built for immigrants
“With Novacreda and Misha, there really isn't another Credit reporting agency built for immigrants. No one else is building in that sector.”
Esipov: Address core business model risks upfront during VC fundraising
“My style in having fundraising conversations is not to try to hide the most challenging part of a business model under the mattress. Instead, I try to bring it up forefront and talk about why I recognize it to be a concern and how I've Personally gotten comfor…”
Nova Credit's first seven hires were all male
“So we started as three co-founders, and we scaled up to 10 folks, and all seven of those hires were male, despite having Nikki, my co-founder, not being male.”
Esipov: Nova Credit CEO will not override non-tier-one team decisions
“So long as it's not a tier one decision, I will not overstep my line. That is their decision, and so long as I've been consulted, and they hear my perspective, if they still want to move forward, that is their call, and they will learn from that, whether it wo…”