First Round Capital; Redpoint Ventures; Otto Baba/Brandon McGanty; Operator Collective; Samantha Lee/Business InsiderAfter a rough start to the year, startups are hiring again. Want to work at a one?
"Founders can get focused on trying to hire the executive who can take them to $1 billion. And while no one should lose sight of the "At GGV, we partner with portfolio companies through all stages of growth," Holmstrom said. "We meet the company where they are in their trajectory and think about the talent function as not only recruiting and hiring, but also developing and promoting their current leaders, and retaining their best talent."
His job at Greylock focuses on "core talent," rather than executives, so placing product gurus, designers, and engineers. He works most often with young companies raising their seed funding or Series A, and says the earlier a founder engages him in a talent search, the better. After Kleiner Perkins invests in a startup, she sits down with the founders to outline their hiring goals as part of the onboarding process. Her team will spec out an executive role and come up with a list of candidates, or pitch-in midway through a talent search when there are challenges.
In response to the pandemic, Cantor says she stepped into a human resources-type role at companies with less focus on recruiting. She even helps founders find new HR products and services for creating inclusive workplaces, as well as helping people avoid burnout, supporting working parents, and rethinking benefits and perks in 2020's remote-first world.
"If you find yourself in a privileged position of having connections, hearing about interesting opportunities, knowing hiring managers in tech, or talent partners like me in VC, make sure to bring others with you who don't," she said.Pete Steinle, Lightspeed Venture PartnersLightspeed Venture Partnersover the summer after 20 years working at startups and recruiting for them.
"What's become more critical this year, though, is the ability to operationalize empathy for both the customer and employee," Vertesi said, adding that companies that design strategies with empathy have a competitive advantage because they are more aligned with their users.
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