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What-if
Workable could not have hired its first 20 engineers in SF
“It, it's more the fact that the kind of people that came to join Workable in the beginning, you know, our first 20 engineers, We're the kind of engineers that would probably be working at Facebook or Google if we were in in San Francisco. We wouldn't be able t…”
Nikos Moraitakis Nov 27, 2015 ▶ 9:48 20 VC FF 024: Raising $33m in VC Funding with Nikos Moraitakis, Founder & CEO @ Workable
Insight
Peripheral markets give tech founders a massive hiring advantage
“And the huge advantage when you are in a peripheral market like Greece is that if you have a network there and some reputation you probably have a huge advantage in in hiring. You know, hiring engineers in Greece, there's plenty of them. They're really good. T…”
Nikos Moraitakis Nov 27, 2015 ▶ 8:54 20 VC FF 024: Raising $33m in VC Funding with Nikos Moraitakis, Founder & CEO @ Workable
Opinion
Legacy applicant tracking systems are built for HR, not managers
“And the name reveals the mentality. It's business process software to keep track of an arcane process that it's going to be done behind closed doors by the HR department. People don't want to touch this thing.”
Nikos Moraitakis Nov 27, 2015 ▶ 5:40 20 VC FF 024: Raising $33m in VC Funding with Nikos Moraitakis, Founder & CEO @ Workable
Disclosure
Every Workable investor knew the founders for over a year
“Anyone who has ever invested at WorkUp, we knew us for more than a year, or anyone who has made an offer, who has actually taken seriously.”
Nikos Moraitakis Nov 27, 2015 ▶ 19:14 20 VC FF 024: Raising $33m in VC Funding with Nikos Moraitakis, Founder & CEO @ Workable
Disclosure
Workable had 50% of its customers in the US before hiring there
“Essentially we had 50% of our customers in the United States, even before we had a single person there.”
Nikos Moraitakis Nov 27, 2015 ▶ 10:24 20 VC FF 024: Raising $33m in VC Funding with Nikos Moraitakis, Founder & CEO @ Workable
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Moraitakis targets 100,000 US small businesses using Workable within five years
“I'm hoping we get a 100,000 small businesses in the United States use our recruiting software, but I don't know how we're going to get to that.”
Nikos Moraitakis Nov 27, 2015 ▶ 21:45 20 VC FF 024: Raising $33m in VC Funding with Nikos Moraitakis, Founder & CEO @ Workable
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