Oberhardt: Founders must be the first point of contact in executive hiring
Matt Oberhardt · a16z Podcast | Hiring is Hard -- Here’s How to Do it Right · Jan 2, 2019 · at 5:57
Matt Oberhardt, an executive talent partner at a16z, explains best practices for early-stage startup founders initiating executive talent searches.
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“For an executive search, CEO of founder being really the first point of contact with the company. So that the executive has an opportunity to start developing that personal rapport and relationship with the CEO right out of the gate. And if you're able to start with that foundation in a lot of cases, it's a lot more successful than, you know, really having someone else in the organization start the process.”
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