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Greenhouse CEO Daniel Chait on how AI is changing human resources and weaning his company off venture funding via private equity

Hunter Walker

He’s founder and CEO of Greenhouse , a ‘hiring operating system’ for companies which spans recruiting and onboarding tools for enterprises and SMEs. Originally backed by venture capital, in 2021 Daniel worked with TPG , a large private equity firm, to make them the majority investor.

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Twitter Link Roundup #166 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Why Humility is Essential for Every New Startup Hire – [link]. How Much Equity Do Your Employees Deserve? Leveraged buyout will help Dell pay investors while minimizing taxes | Slate Magazine – [link]. How to Beat Your Competition by Innovating in Ways They Can’t Copy | Forbes – [link].

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Out of the Crisis #14: Robert Rhinehart on the Corona Initiative, accelerating basic research, and finding a cure faster

Startup Lessons Learned

If you make a mistake, you can make the test better or you can start a new company in the process of developing the product, and the people you hired, and the people that you trained, all those people have new skills. Before venture, equity financing was seen as a pretty unfriendly business. That's how they can hire people.