Startup Hiring

An intimate live course for founders, CEOs, and company builders to become amazing at hiring. Live instruction from one of the most respected recruiting leaders in tech. Participants will rethink how they approach every part of the talent lifecycle - attracting, evaluating, and closing top talent.

Accepting applications for Cohort 3.

Cohort 3 expected to be Fall 2024.

Helping people at leading companies hire more effectively.

About the Instructor: Kenny Mendes

I’m obsessed with building exceptional startups. Talent is one of the biggest success drivers.

Leading People, Finance & Ops at Coda

As one of Coda’s earliest employees, I helped the company grow from a private beta to a product used by more than 25,000 teams globally. Coda was recently valued at $1.4 billion and is scaling quickly.

Scaling Box: 40 to 1,200 + IPO

I was the first recruiting hire at Box and led the recruiting team from 2009 to 2014. People I hired and mentored at Box are now driving recruiting at top companies like Airtable, Notion, Databricks, Affirm, Miro, Asana, and Fastly.

CEO Advisor & Angel Investor

I’ve helped countless founders work through challenging hiring problems - some at early stages and others while they were trying to scale rapidly.

About the Course

Most CEOs know what world-class product and engineering looks like. But people-related matters often feel like a black box. What do the best hiring teams do differently? How can I stand out in this crazy market? What will work for me today, and what will have to change over time?

What's covered?

  • Find: learn how to build a high-quality pipeline, including effective passive sourcing campaigns.

  • Pitch: become an expert at positioning your company and opportunity well.

  • Evaluate: everything from breaking down a resume (fast!) to building repeatable, predictive, and compelling interview flows.

  • Close: dramatically increase your ability to get candidates to 'Yes!’.

Cost

  • The course is $10,000, and there’s a money-back guarantee.

  • If you participate and don’t come away feeling like you got at least $10K worth of value, I’ll refund your money.

Community

  • Alumni get to join an exclusive Slack community and receive on-going perks, such as discounts on products, access to new resources, and the opportunity to participate in fireside chats.

Who is the course for?

  • Founders and CEOs: Gain a clear understanding of the full funnel, and know how to troubleshoot if things aren’t going well. Ensure your team effectively converts offers into hires.

  • Recruiters: Early in career or senior; individual contributor or team lead. You’ll learn what works and what doesn’t, so you can be a more insightful and effective hiring partner.

  • Hiring Managers: Learn how to get the best people interested in your roles and become an amazing interviewer.

Community

Alumni get to join an exclusive Slack community and receive on-going perks, such as discounts on products, access to new resources, and the opportunity to participate in fireside chats.

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What have alumni said about the course?

Rated 4.8/5 by past students, and 100% of founders would definitely recommend the course.

I wish I took this course when I was first starting my company. The insights would have changed every part of how I hired. The depth of suggestions, course materials, guest speakers, and cohort interactions were incredible. Get your spot before they’re all gone and you’re cursing yourself wishing you had a best-in-industry mentor who could tell you how it’s done.

David Kossnick

Product leader at Coda. Previously founded Angle Technologies, and Product Manager at YouTube and Google.

Kenny’s course was phenomenal! It’s the ultimate program to take if you’re a startup founder or manage a recruitment team. In the course, he brought up a number of tools that we’ve adopted, the favorite being Gem for recruitment drip campaigns. If you’re on the fence, get off the fence & sign up!

Maria Smithson

Sr. Talent Manager, Faithlife

I highly recommend this course for entrepreneurs, leaders looking to hire and retain talent, and new managers willing to learn the nuances of hiring for startups. Kenny is awesome and keeps the class quite engaged!

Jay Manickam

Leading people and blockchain and ML initiatives at Genentech

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