Founders raising capital to expand should hire a recruiter first
Alan Schaaf · a16z Podcast | How Founders Hire a VP of Product · Jan 2, 2019 · at 23:07
Imgur founder Alan Schaaf shares recruiting advice during an a16z podcast panel on evaluating and onboarding executive talent during hypergrowth.
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“Which is, when you hire, when you raise a round, and what you're gonna do with that round is grow your team, then the first thing you should do is hire somebody to hire people. Like, literally, you raise a bunch of money in order to build your team, you have to hire somebody to hire people immediately. Because that, like, you cannot hire every individual person.”
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