AlleyCorp operates an in-house 70-engineer firm and executive search agency
Kevin Ryan · How This Billionaire Founder Finds +$20B Business Ideas | Kevin Ryan Interview (#495) · Sep 14, 2023 · at 27:19
Kevin Ryan, founder of incubator and venture studio AlleyCorp, explains how his organization is structured to build and staff startups rapidly.
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“I have 70 engineers who work for me. I have my own in-house outsourced engineering company, which helps us build product now very quickly, which we've had the last three years. I own a big chunk of a search firm, a 10 person executive search firm that we set up so that we can get some of the best talent working for us finding CEOs.”
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