From Millions in Revenue to Staring Bankruptcy in the Face with Aline Lerner from Interviewing.io

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Resumen

Aline Lerner, fundadora de Interviewing.io, comparte la angustiosa experiencia de dirigir su empresa durante la pandemia de 2020. A pesar de enfrentarse a un desplome repentino de los ingresos, pasando de millones a casi cero cuando las empresas pausaron las contrataciones, logró pivotar el modelo de negocio probando servicios de pago directamente con ingenieros en busca de empleo. La conversación explora la intersección de la psicología del fundador, la importancia de una experimentación rápida y ágil, y el mantenimiento de la transparencia con el equipo en tiempos de crisis.

Capítulos

  1. 0:00Introducción y contexto empresarial
  2. 6:52Desafíos de un mercado de empleo
  3. 15:43Impacto de la pandemia en ingresos
  4. 33:31Experiencia del usuario y anonimato
  5. 41:22Pivotando el modelo de negocio
  6. 52:12Gestión de crisis y supervivencia
  7. 1:05:13Lecciones sobre product-market fit
  8. 1:06:42Conclusión y consejos a fundadores

Temas tratados

  • Psicología del fundador
  • Giro de negocio

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i think we did the episode in january or july of last year a lot happened after that um but the real stuff that happened was in 2020 uh do you remember when you first like as a human not as a founder but just as like an ordinary citizen started taking covid seriously i don't really want to admit this but i guess i will i mean i didn't take it seriously um actually i'll tell you i hope i don't regret this but um we were in this unenviable position where we had a new employee starting literally on the day that san francisco went into quarantine and uh you know he emailed he's like hey did you guys know this is happening like what should we do um and i remember thinking we should just ignore this this is [ __ ] right let's just have him everybody should be at work make me money peons [Laughter] didn't actually really think that but thought it for a second and then uh you know i i intervened…