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Crespo: Pigment excluded Index Ventures to bring fresh perspectives
“All of the people at Index are my friends and they were already helping me. And in a way, I already knew the way they were thinking. And so for me, it was really important to bring new people, fresh ideas to the table.”
Eleonore Crespo May 9, 2025 ▶ 6:05 20VC: Four Traits of the Most Successful Founders | How to Hunt and Close Talent Like a Pro and Where All Founders Go Wrong | Lessons Raising $397M From the Best Investors in the World with Eléonore Crespo @ Pigment
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Crespo: Pigment recruited top talent directly from Paris Olympic Games CFO
“I lose a deal against another company, I always ask the name of the rep. I do something, you know, where I hear that there is, giving you a recent example, we had the Olympic Games in Paris last year, and I met the other day the CFO of the Olympic Games, the o…”
Eleonore Crespo May 9, 2025 ▶ 19:25 20VC: Four Traits of the Most Successful Founders | How to Hunt and Close Talent Like a Pro and Where All Founders Go Wrong | Lessons Raising $397M From the Best Investors in the World with Eléonore Crespo @ Pigment
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Crespo Shows Candidates a 'Hardships Deck' Before Hiring Them
“Now I do something that I didn't know in the past is putting in front of my candidates a deck to show them what's going to be hard at Pigment and make it very clear to them. Saying you're going to work harder than ever in your life here. These are the impossib…”
Eleonore Crespo May 9, 2025 ▶ 27:58 20VC: Four Traits of the Most Successful Founders | How to Hunt and Close Talent Like a Pro and Where All Founders Go Wrong | Lessons Raising $397M From the Best Investors in the World with Eléonore Crespo @ Pigment
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Crespo: Her husband knows nothing about Pigment as they never discuss work
“I'm going to tell you something, maybe you won't believe me, but it's true, he doesn't know anything about Pigment. We never talk about work together.”
Eleonore Crespo May 9, 2025 ▶ 58:30 20VC: Four Traits of the Most Successful Founders | How to Hunt and Close Talent Like a Pro and Where All Founders Go Wrong | Lessons Raising $397M From the Best Investors in the World with Eléonore Crespo @ Pigment
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Brex was Pigment's first US enterprise customer
“Brex was the very first, I think.”
Eleonore Crespo May 9, 2025 ▶ 46:38 20VC: Four Traits of the Most Successful Founders | How to Hunt and Close Talent Like a Pro and Where All Founders Go Wrong | Lessons Raising $397M From the Best Investors in the World with Eléonore Crespo @ Pigment
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