How This Founder/CEO Hired His First 30 (Recruit Rockstars 465)
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Akshay Krishnaiah is CEO & Founder of Line, the fast-growing fintech company.
After a successful career at Paypal & eBay, he stepped out on his own. And he personally interviewed hundreds of people to find his first few employees.
Based in SF, Line is the Venture-backed company helping American working-class Americans who are underbanked.
Their first offering is a \\u201cGet cash now, pay later\\u201d service.
Akshay & team have built a highly-scalable model. With a team of just 30, Line provides Underwriting, Dispute management, Risk operations, and 24-hour in-house customer support.
Clearly, they\\u2019re onto something big. Investors include: Techstars, Avesta Fund, CUNA Mutual Group, Goodwater Capital,\\xa0overtime.vc, SustainVC.
In this 20-minute conversation, he shares how he\\u2019s put a Rockstar in every seat.