AngelList Secrets of Hiring

Company background Talent platform

Secrets of hiring

AngelList

Platform Fundraising

Talent

AngelList

Messaging, following, profiles API

Incubator applications

PLATFORM

Over $160M raised online last year 440 startups & 3,400 investors

$400MM seed fund: CSC Upshot

FUNDRAISING

Launched Nov ’11 w/ 20 companies One-engineer team till Jan ’15

TALENT

300k+ candidates 15k+ companies

15k introductions / week

TALENT

It’s free High-quality, active candidates

Engineers, designers, PMs, moreAlso, it’s free

WHY USE IT?

Tell your story Reach out Be active Be honest

SECRETS OF HIRING

Pitch candidates like you’d pitch investors Tag all team members and investors

Include product screenshots and details

TELL YOUR STORY

DON’T just look at inbound applicants Click “Yes” and write a custom note

Create search filters & subscribe to alerts

REACH OUT

WRITE A NOTE

EDIT SORTING

CREATE & SAVE FILTERS

Reach out to at least 1 candidate per day Respond quickly to candidates

BE ACTIVE

Post accurate compensation (be fair!) Don’t reach out to everyone (no spam!)

Respond quickly to candidates (be nice!)

BE HONEST

iOS App SourcerBot

A-List

NEW TALENT PRODUCTS

IOS APP

REVIEW CANDIDATES VIA SLACK

RESPOND IN ENGLISH

REACH OUT

Premium marketplace Launching early ’16

Sign up for beta: angel.co/beta

A-LIST

Tell your story Reach out Be active Be honest

SECRETS OF HIRING

MORE INFOangel.co/2015

EARLY ACCESS TO NEW FEATURES angel.co/beta