Padmanaban: Technical advisory boards yield unexpected deal referrals and key hires
Purnima Padmanaban · a16z Podcast | Building the Right Technical Advisory Board · Jan 2, 2019 · at 23:21
Purnima Padmanaban discusses unexpected secondary benefits of establishing a technical advisory board on the a16z Podcast.
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“Many of them ended up getting, getting, giving referrals to other deals, as well as really helped in some of the hiring decisions. I didn't, I, that was not my stated goal at all, but we were looking for some technical experts, and they had access to the pool, and we didn't even think of asking the team, but it was just at the end of a meeting, we were saying, ok, we have a problem here. And then the advisory board Sent us recommendations of people that we were able to hire.”
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