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Foody: Mercor is lifetime profitable and has never burned net capital
“We bootstrapped the company to a million dollar revenue run rate and have always remained super capital efficient. Like we've never burned money. We were lifetime profitable.”
Ipsen: Blind LinkedIn outreach fails to find top product talent
“Are you just blindly reaching out to people on LinkedIn? Because that's not going to be the way in which you're going to find the best of the best. Some of the greatest talent, they're not even on LinkedIn.”
Ipsen: Product searches driven merely by board pressure are doomed from inception
“Like that's so often what I see is, you know, the board's telling me we need to hire a head of product and, you know, I don't necessarily think that we do, or I'm not exactly sure what we need in this role. And so whenever you're starting a search in that rega…”
Ipsen: Recruiters Move to VC for Stability, Not Higher Compensation
“It's definitely not a comp thing. I'll say that I think It could be a stability of life thing. Search is incredibly volatile and have to hustle so hard.”
Ipsen taps five trusted product leaders to source executive candidates
“I've got probably five of my all-time favorite product leaders in the world that I tap whenever I'm kicking off a search. And they know that whenever life brings them to an opportunity where they are going to start looking or want to lean into board opportunit…”