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Sebastian Raffaele

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306 total appearances

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Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E5: Sebastian Raffaele, Minotaur Trading Systems

My biggest thing is I want to hire someone who sees this company as their own, who literally comes in and works and they can see the vision as much as we can. We don't want to hire someone that is just going to be here to get a pay packet.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E5: Sebastian Raffaele, Minotaur Trading Systems

My biggest thing is I want to hire someone who sees this company as their own, who literally comes in and works and they can see the vision as much as we can. We don't want to hire someone that is just going to be here to get a pay packet.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E5: Sebastian Raffaele, Minotaur Trading Systems

My biggest thing is I want to hire someone who sees this company as their own, who literally comes in and works and they can see the vision as much as we can. We don't want to hire someone that is just going to be here to get a pay packet.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E5: Sebastian Raffaele, Minotaur Trading Systems

And there's nothing wrong with people who go out there and work jobs that they're not passionate about to build themselves up into a position where they can do what they want. Because I did that for most of my life. For a long time, I wasn't in a position where I had a lot of money or was financially stable.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E5: Sebastian Raffaele, Minotaur Trading Systems

And there's nothing wrong with people who go out there and work jobs that they're not passionate about to build themselves up into a position where they can do what they want. Because I did that for most of my life. For a long time, I wasn't in a position where I had a lot of money or was financially stable.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E5: Sebastian Raffaele, Minotaur Trading Systems

And there's nothing wrong with people who go out there and work jobs that they're not passionate about to build themselves up into a position where they can do what they want. Because I did that for most of my life. For a long time, I wasn't in a position where I had a lot of money or was financially stable.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E5: Sebastian Raffaele, Minotaur Trading Systems

Like I was working nine to fives to build myself into a point where I could do a job that I was passionate about. But once I had the opportunity, I ran with it. And for me, I've spoken to a lot of different quantitative mathematicians, developers, all sorts of people who had all the skills in the world, right? But sometimes a resume and skills doesn't actually translate to fitting into a team.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E5: Sebastian Raffaele, Minotaur Trading Systems

Like I was working nine to fives to build myself into a point where I could do a job that I was passionate about. But once I had the opportunity, I ran with it. And for me, I've spoken to a lot of different quantitative mathematicians, developers, all sorts of people who had all the skills in the world, right? But sometimes a resume and skills doesn't actually translate to fitting into a team.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E5: Sebastian Raffaele, Minotaur Trading Systems

Like I was working nine to fives to build myself into a point where I could do a job that I was passionate about. But once I had the opportunity, I ran with it. And for me, I've spoken to a lot of different quantitative mathematicians, developers, all sorts of people who had all the skills in the world, right? But sometimes a resume and skills doesn't actually translate to fitting into a team.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E5: Sebastian Raffaele, Minotaur Trading Systems

And fitting into a team goes so much deeper than that. Now, we're still small family business at the moment. We've got about 20 employees. We're rapidly growing. Something that's always been really important to me is having like a family culture and a culture where, you know, everyone in the workspace feels safe, but also we push each other to be better versions of ourselves.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E5: Sebastian Raffaele, Minotaur Trading Systems

And fitting into a team goes so much deeper than that. Now, we're still small family business at the moment. We've got about 20 employees. We're rapidly growing. Something that's always been really important to me is having like a family culture and a culture where, you know, everyone in the workspace feels safe, but also we push each other to be better versions of ourselves.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E5: Sebastian Raffaele, Minotaur Trading Systems

And fitting into a team goes so much deeper than that. Now, we're still small family business at the moment. We've got about 20 employees. We're rapidly growing. Something that's always been really important to me is having like a family culture and a culture where, you know, everyone in the workspace feels safe, but also we push each other to be better versions of ourselves.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E5: Sebastian Raffaele, Minotaur Trading Systems

Now, obviously when you're in a sales environment, things can get very competitive. I feel blessed because our team doesn't really feel like that. Even our sales reps, they're always pushing to be the best version of themselves. And when someone's having a better month than the other guy, everyone's happy for them. But what I'm looking for

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E5: Sebastian Raffaele, Minotaur Trading Systems

Now, obviously when you're in a sales environment, things can get very competitive. I feel blessed because our team doesn't really feel like that. Even our sales reps, they're always pushing to be the best version of themselves. And when someone's having a better month than the other guy, everyone's happy for them. But what I'm looking for

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E5: Sebastian Raffaele, Minotaur Trading Systems

Now, obviously when you're in a sales environment, things can get very competitive. I feel blessed because our team doesn't really feel like that. Even our sales reps, they're always pushing to be the best version of themselves. And when someone's having a better month than the other guy, everyone's happy for them. But what I'm looking for

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E5: Sebastian Raffaele, Minotaur Trading Systems

Someone who has, yeah, the skill, but what I want more than anything else is someone who can understand what we're doing and someone who sees this business as their own. I want someone to come in with that level of passion because I know when they get up in the morning, they feel like they're working on something that's going to change the landscape of the market.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E5: Sebastian Raffaele, Minotaur Trading Systems

Someone who has, yeah, the skill, but what I want more than anything else is someone who can understand what we're doing and someone who sees this business as their own. I want someone to come in with that level of passion because I know when they get up in the morning, they feel like they're working on something that's going to change the landscape of the market.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E5: Sebastian Raffaele, Minotaur Trading Systems

Someone who has, yeah, the skill, but what I want more than anything else is someone who can understand what we're doing and someone who sees this business as their own. I want someone to come in with that level of passion because I know when they get up in the morning, they feel like they're working on something that's going to change the landscape of the market.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E5: Sebastian Raffaele, Minotaur Trading Systems

And that's the biggest thing for me. And passion and excitement to do this is really important because that's going to, at the end of the day, produce the best result. right? You could have all the skills in the world, but if that person isn't interested in the work they're doing, that doesn't actually really translate to results. I haven't always been perfect with hiring.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders
S10 E5: Sebastian Raffaele, Minotaur Trading Systems

And that's the biggest thing for me. And passion and excitement to do this is really important because that's going to, at the end of the day, produce the best result. right? You could have all the skills in the world, but if that person isn't interested in the work they're doing, that doesn't actually really translate to results. I haven't always been perfect with hiring.