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Harry Stebbings@harrystebbings · Podcast Host @ The Twenty Minute VC
@JessicaMah thanks so much for joining us today. How was approaching the world of VC as a young founder? Was it difficult to garner respect? Is hiring experienced people more challenging at the beginning due to your age. P.S. Would be great to meet IRL at Saastr!
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Jessica Mah@jessicamah · Co-Founder & CEO inDinero
@harrystebbings I was definitely intimidated by raising money at age 20, but I knew I was capable and I had a lot of my mentors and other entrepreneur friends cheering me on. That helped a lot! I never thought about needing to garner respect... I just thought about how to act mature, talk about problems and downside risks, rather than just selling the dream.… See more
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Jessica Mah@jessicamah · Co-Founder & CEO inDinero
@harrystebbings Hiring more experienced people is harder for the same reason -- they're scared to work with someone who hasn't managed and led for a long time. I think it's great that I started small and worked with more junior staff for a few years before starting to hire the ultra experienced veterans. Now, it isn't such a big deal anymore. Hope to see you… See more
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Jessica Coane@jessica_coane · Founder, PEX+
@jessicamah @harrystebbings Hi Jessica, I have an additional, related question: What do you think are some key pointers that helped you attain seasoned employees to to join your team, before and after you received funding?
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Jessica Mah@jessicamah · Co-Founder & CEO inDinero
@acarpathian @harrystebbings Great question on hiring seasoned employees! I think it's just going to be very hard to get seasoned employees in the very early days, because the truly best talent want to come into something that is at least semi-established. So I'd just bring them on as consultants and advisors. But once the company is humming along, I'm talk… See more
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Samat Bsk@samat_bsk
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