I am very new to venture studios so I'm so glad to have come across and able to follow along your job board project. Created an account just to comment on this lol
For the venture studios that get enough applicants already, are the screening processes efficient? Like you mentioned in earlier posts, people can be highly competent but not all with the personalities/styles that'd make good matches with the studio(s). So how do studios hire good matches (down the line) exactly?
Screening is definitely a challenge (true for most, if not all, roles). It's not an area I want to touch--it's very complicated and frankly, a pain in the ass to deal with. The job board is much lighter weight and easier to build/manage. It's probably not solving the #1 pain point on venture studio recruitment though, but at the same time I'm not trying to build a scalable company that solves that problem.
I love your application of lean & are interested in what you learn. I am not a fan of just job boards for early stage unless very niche. Other channels like referrals, guerilla marketing, & targeted outreach seem longer but actually get better results from my experience. Recruitment is very much like finding customers.
Thanks Daneal. I hear you re: job boards - they're not necessarily the best source of talent versus other options. But one hypothesis is that we can turn this into a good enough resource that it does move the needle for studios when recruiting. TBD on that front.
Nice read, thanks for sharing your journey with this project Ben. I’m following this story and looking forward to seeing how it blossoms.
I appreciate that Chioma. Thanks!
I am very new to venture studios so I'm so glad to have come across and able to follow along your job board project. Created an account just to comment on this lol
For the venture studios that get enough applicants already, are the screening processes efficient? Like you mentioned in earlier posts, people can be highly competent but not all with the personalities/styles that'd make good matches with the studio(s). So how do studios hire good matches (down the line) exactly?
Screening is definitely a challenge (true for most, if not all, roles). It's not an area I want to touch--it's very complicated and frankly, a pain in the ass to deal with. The job board is much lighter weight and easier to build/manage. It's probably not solving the #1 pain point on venture studio recruitment though, but at the same time I'm not trying to build a scalable company that solves that problem.
Thanks for sharing that! In addition to website analytics, what would be helpful feedback from users, including job posters and job seekers?
I love your application of lean & are interested in what you learn. I am not a fan of just job boards for early stage unless very niche. Other channels like referrals, guerilla marketing, & targeted outreach seem longer but actually get better results from my experience. Recruitment is very much like finding customers.
Thanks Daneal. I hear you re: job boards - they're not necessarily the best source of talent versus other options. But one hypothesis is that we can turn this into a good enough resource that it does move the needle for studios when recruiting. TBD on that front.