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Chris Tottman @NotionCapital
Building a winning team:
Recruiting Star Players
Chris Tottman @NotionCapital
FUNDS
6 Inv.
20 to go
9 Inv.
4 Fund Ret.
$30m $110m
2000 Cos Reviewed
Chris Tottman @NotionCapital
$1 billion
2k jobs
7yr Hot 100
Chris Tottman @NotionCapital
9yrs to build
9m users
20k customers
$150m revenues
$700m exit
0 to 650 people
MessageLabs
Chris Tottman @NotionCapital
30 Biggest SaaS providers solved the 3
biggest challenges facing every
founder/CEO:
 Acquiring capital
 Consuming customers
 Hiring the best talent
We believe category leadership is a talent
driven economy
Chris Tottman @NotionCapital
You must fill the gaps
with world class talent &
remain capital efficient
You have to continue to
out hire the competition
in each area YoY
Chris Tottman @NotionCapital
What we look for: Cultural View
Chris Tottman @NotionCapital
The Big Questions
 Early - Winners are always winners so tell me about your track
record of winning?
 Early - Whats the gap btw what we need and where you're strong?
(needs analysis)
 Middle  Deeper analysis of the above
 Final - How will you transform our business? (whats in it for us)
 Final - How will you migrate into our business over 100 days?
Chris Tottman @NotionCapital
Top Tips
 Selling then Interviewing
 Exciting then formal (but always expressing
the entrepreneurial personality)
 Make it competitive
 Direct & Recruiters (an extension of your
Exec)
 Design the Org in detail & then hire explicit
to that (don't design jobs around people)
 They have to be world class in 3 or 4 areas
not good at a long list of areas
 Everyone can blackball any candidate with
good reason
 Loads of formal and soft references all the
way through
 Go for a pint / dinner
Chris Tottman @NotionCapital
Smart & a
little mad?
Big Market
& Big Pain?
Scalable
Business?
Lets Talk
ctottman@notioncapital.com
www.notioncapital.com
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Building a winning team

  • 1. Chris Tottman @NotionCapital Building a winning team: Recruiting Star Players
  • 2. Chris Tottman @NotionCapital FUNDS 6 Inv. 20 to go 9 Inv. 4 Fund Ret. $30m $110m 2000 Cos Reviewed
  • 3. Chris Tottman @NotionCapital $1 billion 2k jobs 7yr Hot 100
  • 4. Chris Tottman @NotionCapital 9yrs to build 9m users 20k customers $150m revenues $700m exit 0 to 650 people MessageLabs
  • 5. Chris Tottman @NotionCapital 30 Biggest SaaS providers solved the 3 biggest challenges facing every founder/CEO: Acquiring capital Consuming customers Hiring the best talent We believe category leadership is a talent driven economy
  • 6. Chris Tottman @NotionCapital You must fill the gaps with world class talent & remain capital efficient You have to continue to out hire the competition in each area YoY
  • 7. Chris Tottman @NotionCapital What we look for: Cultural View
  • 8. Chris Tottman @NotionCapital The Big Questions Early - Winners are always winners so tell me about your track record of winning? Early - Whats the gap btw what we need and where you're strong? (needs analysis) Middle Deeper analysis of the above Final - How will you transform our business? (whats in it for us) Final - How will you migrate into our business over 100 days?
  • 9. Chris Tottman @NotionCapital Top Tips Selling then Interviewing Exciting then formal (but always expressing the entrepreneurial personality) Make it competitive Direct & Recruiters (an extension of your Exec) Design the Org in detail & then hire explicit to that (don't design jobs around people) They have to be world class in 3 or 4 areas not good at a long list of areas Everyone can blackball any candidate with good reason Loads of formal and soft references all the way through Go for a pint / dinner
  • 10. Chris Tottman @NotionCapital Smart & a little mad? Big Market & Big Pain? Scalable Business? Lets Talk ctottman@notioncapital.com www.notioncapital.com

Editor's Notes

  • #3: Notion to date
  • #4: Pre-2008
  • #5: MessageLabs data suggest adding staffing and staff growth figures to this perhaps?
  • #6: Bessemer 5 Cs of Cloud FinanceCommitted Monthly Recurring Revenue, Annual Recurring Revenue, Annual Run Rate RevenueCas
  • #8: Its what we look for, so do the candidates
  • #9: I would avoid obvious stuff and go for experience based insights
  • #10: I would avoid obvious stuff and go for experience based insights