Jess Lee: Polyvore made its community manager the sixth hire
Jess Lee · Jess Lee knows how to build a community of delighted users at Hustle Con · Feb 3, 2015 · at 7:08
Jess Lee, CEO and co-founder of Polyvore, explains why startups should hire dedicated community managers early.
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“I think our community manager was the sixth hire at Polyvore, so that's actually fairly early on, but we wanted someone dedicated to this.”
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