Getting the right people on the (electric) bus
Hot off the heels of our Fund III initial close (more details below), we posted an open call to add another person to our investment team. The position is purposefully general—open to candidates across career stages. One might wonder why a VC that prides itself on its (unconventional) rockstar team, recruitment and hiring would put out such an atypical call to grow the team?
Our talent philosophy is curated over decades of professional recruitment and HR experience. Here is an inside look into our recipe for successful hiring:
Cast as wide a net as possible in search of the right persona, rather than looking to fill the tactical bullets of a job description.
There’s no such thing as a perfect candidate—the secret sauce is curating a team where personalities and intelligence coalesce to make each person the best they can be.
Create an avatar of the perfect person including the tendencies that align with the values of the organization and the skills gaps within the team.
Place a stronger emphasis on potential to create future value than prior directly transferable experience.
We apply a similar process for hiring our internal team as we do for identifying founders we think will win. To assess if a person has the five attributes of an ideal candidate, we ask situational questions and always drill into what the end result was. We look for answers that are direct in their quantification of performance.
If you or someone you know with investment experience embodies our five ideal attributes, we want to meet! We’re being conscious about running as inclusive a process as possible, so we ask that everyone expresses their interest through our talent page.