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How to recruit technical talent for BigTech and startups? How to use AI to fix technical recruiting? How to build and validate a successful B2B SaaS company? How do you acquire initial customers?
Today, we are talking to Ilias Beshimov, a Harvard University graduate and co-founder of Celential.ai, a company that offers AI-powered recruitment solutions, and ClassHour.
We discussed talent migration, the hiring process, candidate communication, and the tools used by companies to attract tech talent. Ilias shared his insights on co-founding Celential.ai and building a successful B2B SaaS company, attracting initial customers and driving growth.
We couldn't cover Ilias's academic journey at Harvard University, which led him to found his startup immediately after graduation. He also shared invaluable lessons he learned from his experiences at Zynga, Scopely, Timefly, Good&Co, and Celential.ai.
Arman had a lot of fun talking to Iliyas and we are sure that you will have a lot of fun listening to the new episode of our podcast. Enjoy!
The episode is supported by the international technology park Astana Hub:
astanahub.com
@AstanaHub
Timestamps:
00:00 Show must go on!
01:55 How Сelential.ai transforms how organizations hire and retain talent
11:01 What qualities are important in a job candidate
21:17 Talent migration
26:34 Ideal candidate profile for a startup
33:27 Perfect cold email to hire engineers
37:00 Celential.ai: origin story and MVP
42:47 Pricing and its evolution
46:51 What HR tools do companies use these days?
56:01 How to find people who can handle 50-60-hour workweeks?
01:07:05 Customer cancellations
01:18:10 The art of follow-up
01:24:34 How to pick companies for cold outreach
01:32:24 How to build great products
01:41:22 The art of effective meetings
01:47:08 Useful frameworks in product development
01:50:42 Product led-growth
02:02:01 Life at Harvard University
02:19:30 Why start a company straight out of college
02:27:47 Lessons from Zynga
02:33:40 Lessons learnt at Scopely
02:43:26 Origin of Timefly
02:46:32 Plans moving forward: ClassHour - Quality higher education at scale
02:49:49 How to 4x undergraduate-educated workforce and grow it to 800m by 2040
03:00:48 Top 3 books, movies, podcasts, blogs, restaurants, cars and cities
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