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Madrona is a venture capital firm that helps entrepreneurs build companies.
Hooked, by Madrona is a series about startup talent, careers and founder stories, interpreted by a curious and skeptical VC + playbooks, tools and templates…and other stuff company builders need to know about how to hire.
Who creates Hooked?
The Talent Team @ Madrona Venture Group
Shannon Anderson, Executive Talent Networks and Talent Director
Audra Aulabaugh, Company Builder and Talent Manager
Matt Witt, Company Builder and Talent Manager

If you’re reading this, then maybe you are Hooked on, or at least intrigued by, the addiction to startups.

You probably know or can guess that building startup teams is hard.  

It’s hard for Founders, building early stage teams, to figure out if a candidate can perform as well in a startup as they did in a FAANG or even another startup with different constraints and challenges.  

It’s hard for those who are startup curious, trying to navigate and understand if they’ve got what it takes to do startups.

Heck, it’s even hard for serial, startup junkies who do this over and over and over, fed by the highs and lows of building the next big thing.

Talent is a shared link in all these things.

We all identify as tech talent, even though we may be walking the road in different ways.

This blog series will bridge these personas through shared startup stories, recruiting lessons (even those who failed), and a whole host of playbooks, tools, and templates designed for early stage founders and leaders, with just enough curiosity for those looking to make the leap!

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