I’ll leave out the specific data on this but we were pleased with the number and quality of applicants for this from our first recruitment round earlier this year. I’d say in general we’ve got a mix of more ‘CEO’ and ‘CTO’ type candidates—ones with significant experience in building startups and fundraising, and those with significant technical experience and skill. Possibly a bit of a skew to the former so we’re especially excited for applicants from a more technical side this time around.
Thanks for doing this, Ben!
Regarding the Founding to Give program:
Did you get many applicants?
What are their backgrounds?
What percentage of the selected candidates are technical?
What kind of profiles would you have liked to see more of?
I’ll leave out the specific data on this but we were pleased with the number and quality of applicants for this from our first recruitment round earlier this year. I’d say in general we’ve got a mix of more ‘CEO’ and ‘CTO’ type candidates—ones with significant experience in building startups and fundraising, and those with significant technical experience and skill. Possibly a bit of a skew to the former so we’re especially excited for applicants from a more technical side this time around.