ICs
topic on 3 shows · 4 statements across 3 episodes
Lenny's Podcast 
Capital Allocators 
20VC
4 statements about ICs, every show
Jason James: Founders should stop interviewing ICs by Series B
“I think that that threshold of, call it series B, it's probably not a great return on The time for a CEO or like a founder to be in every recruiting loop. They are still the pace setter, the like bar setter for the company in terms of talent density and talent…”
Linear rejects middle-manager reporting features that worsen IC workflows
“It's customization features requested by middle managers in order to make reporting a little bit easier. At the cost of making IC workflows worse, right? Like, it's like, if it fits that description, we're just saying no. There's no debate because we've alread…”
Management reporting features degrade individual contributor compliance and data quality
“The moment you start going down this path and you make you make the IC user experience worse, they're just going to disengage. Right. No one has to do this. Like if I'm an engineer, I get paid to write code. My performance review is based on my like code contr…”
Breitfelder: Allocators must assess asset managers' human capital at three levels
“So I'd be asking about at the three levels, the organizational level, what are you doing as an organization to achieve outperformance over a long period of time? Like what are those practices? How do you run your investment teams? And how do you make sure you'…”