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Shiv is a former Head of Talent for high growth companies such as Multiverse and Assembly Global. She now helps founders at companies like Metaverse and Learnably hire the top 1% of talent into their high growth environments.
In this episode Shiv debunks what A-Players actually means. How to find, assess and hire top performers who thrive in a high growth environment. And some of the core differences in hiring for start-ups vs scale-ups.
Chapters
00:00 Growth Stage Hiring
02:28 Top Talent in High Growth Environments
04:55 Attracting Talent to Early Stage Businesses
06:14 Finding and Assessing Candidates
09:17 Differences in Hiring for Seed vs Series C
11:46 Why Does it Matter?
14:10 Who Can We Learn From?
Connect with Shiv: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shivbrodie/
Connect with Joe: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-atkinson1/
Episode Links:
Joe’s Website: https://gopurpl.io/
Shiv’s Website: https://found-global.co/
Key Concepts & Tools Mentioned in This Video:
• Growth-stage hiring
• Hypergrowth startups
• Identifying top talent / “A-players”
• Force multipliers in teams
• High-growth environment challenges
• Career acceleration vs. steady-state roles
• The “give and get” Venn diagram for talent attraction
• Rate of learning and growth mentality
• Winning trajectory and pattern of achievement
• Coachability (early stage vs. scale-up context)
• Critical thinking at pace
• Resilience in ambiguous environments
• Additive, challenging interview processes
• Retention challenges in startups
• Top-of-funnel ratios
Screening for soft skills vs. hard skills
Pass-through rates and data-driven hiring
Talent density in organizations (e.g., PayPal Mafia, Revolut)
Peer learning and micro-communities for TA leaders
