Recruiting into Bizops for Series A-C
Hi all, I have a more traditional finance background (less brand name LMM IB, PE, VC-backed strategic finance, all in about 8 years of experience). I'm wanting to make a jump over to Bizops at a startup, as I'm really intrigued by the flexible nature of the work and being more involved in the operations of the company than my time in strategic finance.
Given I don't have a typical background for that role, does anyone have any advice on how to both find opportunities and to stand out?
On finding opportunities should I be reaching out to the lead finance or strategy folks at startups I find interesting to learn more?
On standing out - any suggestions on skills or projects I should take on to stand out?
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Reach out and network. I'm pursuing something similar at a few seed - Series A companies where I truly believe in their missions, in close touch with one of their CEOs about potential roles for next year.
I'm offering project / contract work with potential conversion to full-time.
Something I have noticed is, that 'traditional' blue-chip background preference tends to be true for later stage companies (Series C+ and beyond). Very hard to be considered for these roles as the hiring pools tend to be full of talented people (especially in today's economy / job market). Also a lot of these late stage companies lost a ton of valuation over the past few years and many of them might fizzle out / get acquired in the upcoming years. For that reason, I've been avoiding startups of these sizes.
I appreciate the feedback and think that all makes sense. On early stage vs. late stage, it feels like the tradeoff is that more pure "strategy" work is for the later stage companies whereas there is a lot more ad hoc problem solving and system building earlier stage. Is that your expectation?
How are you thinking about the upside of early stage vs. later? More room to advance if the company really takes off?
I'm currently applying to business school. I feel like there'd be opportunities to go really early stage at that point. Is there much differentiation in your thinking about as early as you can get in vs. post Series A round?
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