Chase Woolard is the founder of Early Stage HQ. He is a Bay-Area based talent leader with 12 years of experience helping startups hire and retain great people. The last 8 of those years he has been building and managing high-growth recruiting teams, starting originally in the agency world before moving into working internally, driving talent at venture-backed startups like Perfect Price, AngelList, and Hone.
Join Host Alex Shartsis as Chase underscores lean, smart hiring strategies, the importance of discussing metrics, past performance with potential hires, how job tenure/stability impacts decisions and so much more. Tune in to this episode and learn how to avoid making expensive hiring mistakes.
Show Notes:
3:50 Leaner and smarter hiring strategies advised by VC advisors
8:57 Necessity of hiring a sales-driving individual contributor at the seed stage
10:23 Importance of discussing specific metrics and past performance with potential hires
12:31 Importance of effective hires to avoid wasting money
12:44 Significance of stability, success, and job tenure in hiring decisions
24:37 Distinguishing between sales and marketing roles based on core skill sets and external factors
37:55 Importance of thoughtful offboarding to avoid brand damage and hiring challenges
49:00 Building a hiring brand to attract top talent and avoid negative reviews
Guest: Chase Woolard(linkedin.com/in/cwoolard/)
Host: Alex Shartsis (linkedin.com/in/shartsis)
Audio Engineer & Video Editor - James Fixx (fixxmusic.com)
Theme music - Matthew “Shark” Shartsis @thegreatwhiteshark
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