Baris Akis | Co-founder & President of Human Capital

Founder's FAQ: answers to all the possible questions of a founder. Hosted by Ilker Koksal. This episode's guest is Baris Akis. Baris is co-founder and President of Human Capital, a venture firm for engineers. With more than $500 million in assets under management, they’ve invested in 10 unicorns before they were unicorns (including Brex, Livongo, and Snowflake) and placed engineers as early hires at 16 unicorns (including Anduril, Robinhood, and Grammarly). Baris studied computer science at Stanford, where started and sold a web-development automation business and co-founded the Stanford Social Entrepreneurial Students’ Association (SENSA).In this episode;1-) Original idea behind Human Capital2-) What to look for in early founding engineers3-) How to build the talent function4-) Most common mistakes in hiringFounder’s FAQ is a book for founders and you can order through the website. You can also reach us through @foundersfaq on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube.