when a strong candidate turns down a CG offer, the result is often not “a slightly-less-good grantmaker,” it’s just one fewer grantmaker. We routinely close rounds with fewer hires than we’d planned for.
Have you considered leaving rounds open longer and/or hiring slightly-less-good grantmakers instead of closing the round?
Have you considered leaving rounds open longer and/or hiring slightly-less-good grantmakers instead of closing the round?
To expand, posts like these give me https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/someone-who-is-good-at-the-economy-please-help-me vibes.
“Someone who is good at finding grantmakers please help, life on my planet might get wiped out if we don’t fund saving it”
“Hire people who are maybe not quite as elite-of-the-elite-tier talent as you hoped, since they can still do a ton of good”
“no”
Case in point: this comment thread https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/B6d8Wzk4gNzHsXvdi/ai-safety-is-extremely-bottlenecked-on-grantmakers?commentId=KFBL4pezAbYLcWzTE