Rayapati: IPO-prep executive hires are mercenaries obsessed with daily stock prices
Vijay Rayapati · How To Hire, Train & Retain Talent To Build A Great Company | Vijay Rayapati | Khadim Batti · Apr 28, 2025 · at 19:05
Vijay Rayapati, co-founder of Atomicwork, discusses the mindset of executive hires brought into scaling enterprise companies ahead of an IPO.
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“Because in the preparation for IPO, in order to make the company big, we bring, like, a lot of these new leaders. Most of them turn out to be mercenaries, not missionaries, and it's amazing how many of them are worried about stock price on a day-to-day basis.”
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