Taylor chats with Adriaan Kolff, co-founder of MatcHR and Pantala about starting his company in Ukraine, meeting his wife at Burning Man, and advice from past failures as well as a few successes.
(0:43) How Adriaan met his wife at Burning Man
(5:55) Starting a business in Kiev
(8:37) Moving and building a business based on a spreadsheet
(10:26) Early misconceptions of starting a recruiting business
(12:24) Covid - a blessing in disguise
(15:50) Lessons from managing a business fully remotely in a war zone
(19:40) Learning from working at a big company (Unilever) to founding a startup
(22:26) Landing large clients such as TikTok, Booking.com, and Revolut
(28:13) What fuels Adriaan’s confidence and infectious positivity?
(29:31) How is AI going to change recruiting?
(31:10) How do you scale a people-intensive business?
(32:37) How to apply sales skills to the biggest bang for the buck
(34:58) How do you prioritize what to work on?
(35:47) Adriaan’s experience finding a partner
(39:30) Future of MatcHR
(40:27) Don’t over think it! Ask for favors and advice.
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