ABOUT THIS EVENT
Hiring and firing is one of the most critically important activities an early stage founder will have to do. The repercussions from what you do (or don't do) on the people front in the early days, resound far into the future of your company; impacting your team productivity, your company culture, and your bottom line.For that reason, we're excited to be joined by seasoned Chief People Officer Laura Cooper (Bluecore, OwnBackup, BlockFi) who will be sharing critical insights you need to know at the Seed and Series A that will save you considerable pain down the road. You'll learn:
- The most common mistakes she sees early stage founders make (and how to avoid them)
- Strategic approaches for setting your company up for success from day one
- How and when to think about performance management, PIPs, firing, etc. in the early days
- And much more
Plus, we'll leave plenty of time for Q&A to answer your most pressing questions.
ABOUT OUR SPEAKER
Laura Cooper is a lawyer-turned-Chief People Officer who has worked with companies like Bluecore, OwnBackup, BlockFi, and Samsung, She now works with tech companies of all stages as a fractional CPO, advisor, and executive coach on issues spanning everything form compensation to culture to operations to leadership and more.
