Dani Grant
👤 PersonAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And I've got to tell you, I am so happy we did because the thing that I did not appreciate on day one of being a founder is that if this goes to plan, this is actually probably the next 10, 15 years of your life.
And so to work on something that I love the user of because I've been that person and that like I resonate with the problem, like I feel like we dodged a bullet, but now we've got a lot of ideas to share with the people listening to you.
And so to work on something that I love the user of because I've been that person and that like I resonate with the problem, like I feel like we dodged a bullet, but now we've got a lot of ideas to share with the people listening to you.
And so to work on something that I love the user of because I've been that person and that like I resonate with the problem, like I feel like we dodged a bullet, but now we've got a lot of ideas to share with the people listening to you.
Okay, idea one. K-pop style factories for... Particular talent. When you're building a startup, there are certain unicorn hires you just have to make. But every single startup has to make the same unicorn hires. Like here's an example. When a startup hires their first growth marketer, that's a specialized hire. It is a hard hire to find.
Okay, idea one. K-pop style factories for... Particular talent. When you're building a startup, there are certain unicorn hires you just have to make. But every single startup has to make the same unicorn hires. Like here's an example. When a startup hires their first growth marketer, that's a specialized hire. It is a hard hire to find.
Okay, idea one. K-pop style factories for... Particular talent. When you're building a startup, there are certain unicorn hires you just have to make. But every single startup has to make the same unicorn hires. Like here's an example. When a startup hires their first growth marketer, that's a specialized hire. It is a hard hire to find.
Like our first marketer, we spent eight months searching, like really searching. But that's a set of skills and you can teach it. And so you could imagine a world in which there's a K-pop style factory where they are churning out the first growth marketer for startups.
Like our first marketer, we spent eight months searching, like really searching. But that's a set of skills and you can teach it. And so you could imagine a world in which there's a K-pop style factory where they are churning out the first growth marketer for startups.
Like our first marketer, we spent eight months searching, like really searching. But that's a set of skills and you can teach it. And so you could imagine a world in which there's a K-pop style factory where they are churning out the first growth marketer for startups.
And people will pay a lot and they'll pay to not have to spend any much searching and to have the person start the next day when honestly they needed someone yesterday and didn't start hiring soon enough.
And people will pay a lot and they'll pay to not have to spend any much searching and to have the person start the next day when honestly they needed someone yesterday and didn't start hiring soon enough.
And people will pay a lot and they'll pay to not have to spend any much searching and to have the person start the next day when honestly they needed someone yesterday and didn't start hiring soon enough.
I'm here to tell you that I love bootcamps. I think coding bootcamps have changed so many people's lives. I think they are one of the best things that's happened in education in the last 10 years. But this flips it on its head. The code bootcamp route is... Take people, make them junior developers at a generalized big company. This is the opposite of that.
I'm here to tell you that I love bootcamps. I think coding bootcamps have changed so many people's lives. I think they are one of the best things that's happened in education in the last 10 years. But this flips it on its head. The code bootcamp route is... Take people, make them junior developers at a generalized big company. This is the opposite of that.
I'm here to tell you that I love bootcamps. I think coding bootcamps have changed so many people's lives. I think they are one of the best things that's happened in education in the last 10 years. But this flips it on its head. The code bootcamp route is... Take people, make them junior developers at a generalized big company. This is the opposite of that.
It's take people, make them extremely senior, very fast, extremely specialized for a high paying, like extremely focused type of job. So growth marketer is one. Here's another type of job that you could do this sort of like K-pop factory for. which is a dev evangelist. When a startup needs their first dev evangelist, that person is like a superstar hire.
It's take people, make them extremely senior, very fast, extremely specialized for a high paying, like extremely focused type of job. So growth marketer is one. Here's another type of job that you could do this sort of like K-pop factory for. which is a dev evangelist. When a startup needs their first dev evangelist, that person is like a superstar hire.
It's take people, make them extremely senior, very fast, extremely specialized for a high paying, like extremely focused type of job. So growth marketer is one. Here's another type of job that you could do this sort of like K-pop factory for. which is a dev evangelist. When a startup needs their first dev evangelist, that person is like a superstar hire.
I mean, they have star power, they're building, they're great at speaking. That person is so hard to find. And the only people out there that you can see doing it are the ones who are already doing it. And you don't just need someone who can do it, you need someone who's going to be the first. And so instead of me as a founder, any founder out there,