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The Ideal Founder Profile for Venture Studios

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The biggest challenge for venture studios is founder recruitment. Everyone always asks me, “How do you find the right founders?” My response: “It’s a secret, I can’t tell you.” 🤣 I wish that were true. The actual answer is this, “There are no silver bullets, and there’s no secret sauce when it comes to founder recruitment.” At Highline Beta we do a few things to recruit founders (and many venture studios do the same), including: Leverage our network: A lot of founders come to us through referrals from other founders, investors or ecosystem partners. This is the single biggest source of founders. Job postings: We post Founder-in-Residence jobs when we’re looking for people interested in, or with experience in, certain industries / verticals. For example, we recently posted a role for a CEO interested in building a B2B software startup in sustainability. Job postings get distribution through LinkedIn and elsewhere. Venture studio challenges: We launch challenges into the market, highlig

The biggest challenge for venture studios is founder recruitment. Everyone always asks me, “How do you find the right founders?” My response: “It’s a secret, I can’t tell you.” 🤣 I wish that were true. The actual answer is this, “There are no silver bullets, and there’s no secret sauce when it comes to founder recruitment.” At Highline Beta we do a few things to recruit founders (and many venture studios do the same), including: Leverage our network: A lot of founders come to us through referrals from other founders, investors or ecosystem partners. This is the single biggest source of…

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