The Hard Part with Evan McCann Jessica Hodgson from Moonshot Associates
Jessica Hodgson is a Managing Partner at Moonshot Associates.
With Moonshot Associates, you can tap into expert guidance and tailored solutions precisely when needed, allowing you to focus on innovation, profitability, and scaling your business. Whether it's developing a winning marketing strategy, optimizing your HR processes, fine-tuning your financial projections, or enhancing your product roadmap, they have you covered.
In this episode, we discuss...
- Her HR roles at HootSuite, Fatigue Science, Later and VINN Automotive
- How to scale a startup effectively from a culture and people standpoint
- Why all problems are people problems
- Why culture is what you reward and what you will tolerate
- When is the right time to make your first HR hire
- Promotion versus outside hiring
- Remote, hybrid or in-person
- Interviewing tips and tactics
- Why future CEOs are likely to come from HR roles
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Given this experience we understand market trends and can assist in guiding your company forward as you scale – we take a holistic and strategic approach to helping our clients achieve their goals and provide the full suite of services including corporate, corporate finance, M&A, commercial, IP, data and compliance, employment, tax and beyond. We are excited to help the next generation of unicorns!