Jeff Stump
Head of Executive Talent, a16z. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.
Everything Jeff Stump said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
An executive left a $6M-$7M compensation package for an a16z startup
“We have an executive joining one of our companies, and she's leaving a six to seven million dollar annual package on the table to go do this thing, and, like, what better example do you need, like, and it wasn't a difficult decision for her, like, she just bel…”
Executive hire performance typically becomes clear in months three and four
“There's a honeymoon period, as we call it, and then, you know, the rubber, rubber usually meets the road, I would say, in month three, month four where, like, is, is this person usually, and usually, are they doing a good job?”
Startup executives are completely exposed with nowhere to hide
“The unique thing about a startup, there is nowhere to hide, right? I mean, there's nowhere to hide. You know, you can't crawl under a desk, like, you're completely exposed as an executive in a young company, because everything's your fault.”
Company traditions reveal true culture better than stated values
“I think traditions of companies are kind of more demonstrate what the company's about than what they perceive their cultural values to be.”
Brian Chesky prioritizes candidates' belief in Airbnb's mission during hiring
“There's definitely companies in our portfolio like Brian Chesky at Airbnb that that care deeply about the interest of people that are joining Airbnb. Do they believe in the movement? Do they believe in the cause?”
100-day plan presentations consistently break ties between executive candidates
“Very rarely do we have our portfolios company CEOs come out of that and saying, this is still a close race.”
Lyft founders praised Brian Roberts as transformational within weeks of hiring
“One of the amazing examples was really at Lyft with the hire of Brian Roberts and had an immediate impact with Logan and John early on, like within weeks, they called up and said, this guy has been transformational to our business.”
A VP executed her 100-day plan immediately after securing interview buy-in
“It was about six months ago, a VP of HR that was hired under one of these, who had not done these before, walked into my office, and she's like, I literally laid my hundred-day game plan on my desk on the first day of the job, and just started at it. She's lik…”
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| a16zLEDGER | Head of Executive Talent, a16z | 1 | 8 | — | full record on the a16z Podcast → |