You have until midnight tonight to apply for our @sevensevensix Analyst position 👇 really proud of how we built an application designed to attract + hire the very best from first principles, eschewing standard VC bullshit signals.... here's a glimpse of our application
From the start, we're laying out the archetype for this role (to make sure we're not wasting anyone's time)
Now it's time ask some questions... they're designed so they're not a total waste of your time (and will also give you a chance to reflect on the career you've had so far)
This is important to us, because know that a team with more diverse backgrounds is going to outperform a team who all had the same lived experience. We want to be the best. hbr.org/2021/05/why-yo…
We don't care where you went to college, even though that's often pretty tied up into one's professional identity. What do YOU think we should know about who you are?
Again, we want to be the best - so why will your perspective make us better? Make our industry better?
In order to be successful at @sevensevensix (and I would argue, successful in tech) one needs to be a lifelong learner. Teach us something and how you went about learning it yourself.
It's an analyst role, so we want to know see you geek out about spreadsheets.
Credit to my partner @katelin_cruse and our team for creating this thoughtful application process. I hope sharing some of the thought-process helps other folks looking to hire. Apply while there's still time! (Or share it with someone who should!) sevensevensix.com/careers/ventur…
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I gave the commencement address at my alma mater @UVA this year. You can watch the whole thing on my YouTube channel (spoiler: @Olympiaohanian cameo at the end) or just read this thread for takeaways 👇
1/ People & experiences are the ones who matter.
Graduation day isn’t for you. It’s for all the people who helped get you here - take some time to celebrate them, because you don’t know when it’ll be your last chance.
2/ I wish I could’ve been in C-Ville for this bc it's an impt community for me (where I decided to become an entrepreneur, named Reddit, created Snoo, etc). Everything I’ve done as an entrepreneur, investor + (business) dad is threaded w principle of bringing people together.
I guarantee the @NWSL / @WNBA pre-game runway content is gonna be a massive marketing opportunity. Loving see my @NBA pals doing it, but the women do it way better
As a thought exercise: if you knew nothing and I told you there was a sport that had effectively popularized and monetized the "fashion runway" of athletes before a match... Wouldn't it be surprising to learn it was the men (of the NBA)?
Given how female models absolutely dominate the culture (can you name a single male model other than Zoolander?) and how much more women produce/consume on social--This is a goldmine
Again, investing in women's sports is going to seem OBVIOUS in a decade, these are just receipts
Lucky to have a founding partner like @katelin_cruse who roadmapped our rather unique hiring plan for operating partners (and then open-sourced it). @sevensevensix hasn't launched yet + we had 1,100 applicants, 83% self-identifying as underrepresented.
And I'm not the only business leader who believes that genuine DEI work is not b/c it's trendy or politically correct—it's because we want to absolutely fucking win.