VC Roundtable: Recruiting Secrets, Second-Time Founders & Product-Market Fit Myths | E2143

Tell me a little bit about secrets to recruiting you've learned uh the hard way. You know, people who look great on paper or hey, they were at, you know, whatever company, Microsoft, Salesforce, whatever, they were selling all this stuff, but it had more to do with that company and their product market fit than maybe the grid, right, of that individual salesperson. And then also I think it's a really interesting topic of integrating people into the team and making them feel that they're part of the team, even though, you know, they came from the outside. Maybe they weren't part of the formation of the company, but you got to make them feel that they're really part of something.

It reminds me of Kevin Durant coming to the Warriors who never quite felt like he was part of the core, right? So I had given away my secrets on these podcasts. And I I've known you for a long time, Jason. So for example, when I'm recruiting against a Google, okay, I say to the candidate, This Week in Startups is brought to you by LinkedIn Ads.

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