How P.E. Investors Really Hire (Recruit Rockstars 421)
Private Equity is so mysterious to so many people. But it doesn’t have to be. With billions of capital sitting on the sidelines, P.E. funds are making investments & recruiting talent like never before. I wanted to find a P.E. investor to show us how it’s done, and pull no punches. Paul Stansik is Principal […]
How He Went From VC to CEO (Recruit Rockstars 420)
Few people make the transition from being a Venture Capitalist to running an operating company. Even fewer do it successfully. I just met one of them. His name is David Wald, CEO & Co-Founder of Aclaimant. After years at Bain & Company and dough, he was a successful venture investor at Lightbank. Now, his fast-growing […]
How She Makes Board Meetings Un-Boring (Recruit Rockstars 419)
If you’ve never served on a Board of Directors, you may envision it as a country club day filled with palm fronds & chardonnay. The reality is that most Board meetings are …well… boring. And ineffective. Indianapolis-based Boardable, the SaaS platform, is out to change that. And to make Boards far more effective in this […]
How a Real VC Really Hires (Recruit Rockstars 418)
Venture Capital is booming. Everywhere. …Yes, even in Iowa. With $80M assets under management, Des Moines-based Next Level Ventures originally invested in early-stage Midwestern agriculture & B2B data companies. Building on their success, they recently broadened their focus to Fintech companies nationally. Which means a ton of hiring. I wanted to find out how they […]
She’s Building The Team That’s Building Your Team’s Mental Health (Recruit Rockstars 417)
There’s nothing like a once-in-a-lifetime global pandemic to instill stress, uncertainty, and fear into people’s lives. And that includes your employees. Jan Bruce is out to change that. She’s CEO of meQuilibrium. Based in Boston, meQuilibrium gives your employees online stress management solutions & measurements. Which has a major impact on your business. Previously, she […]
Have You Met Jerry? (Recruit Rockstars 416)
Car insurance isn’t exciting. Unless you’re the Silicon Valley company turning this enormous industry on its head. That’s Jerry. Thanks to machine learning, Jerry finds its customers the best, customized quotes from more than 50 insurance carriers in 45 seconds. For free. The typical customer saves $800 a year on car insurance. And now its […]
When You’re Promoted to CEO (Recruit Rockstars 415)
After a successful career with Wayfair building its B2B division, Joel Stevenson had a random chance meeting with the team at another Boston-based company, Yesware. (He points out that their names rhyme, but have little else in common.) Industry-leading Yesware makes tools to help salespeople build better relationships with their prospects & customers. This all-in-one […]
3-Exit CEO Predicts if Cultures Will Mesh (Recruit Rockstars 414)
M&A is on fire. Which means not just combining companies, but merging cultures. And there’s where so many deals fall apart or fail to live up to expectations. (Some research shows that 75% of M&A deals bomb.) And it’s often because the team was too busy making sure the technology was compatible or figuring out […]
Trading Up on Talent (Recruit Rockstars 413)
Based in Chicago, Akuna Capital is an innovative derivatives-based trading firm. With a team of over 400, the firm continues to scale rapidly. Akuna’s core competency is providing liquidity as an options market-maker – meaning they provide competitive quotes that they are willing to both buy & sell. Doing this successfully requires that they design […]
Building the Team That’s Turning Mortgages Upside-Down (Recruit Rockstars 412)
During his years leading the residential lending division of a major bank, Patrick Boyaggi closed over $11B in residential mortgages. Yet, he knew there had to be a better way. Did you know that …depending on the mortgage they select… consumers can spend an extra $30,000 over the life of their loan? So he started […]
