The Human Cloud Podcast Ep. 168: Brett Martin, Co-Founder of Charge Ventures and Fonzi.ai, Automating Recruiting and The Future of Work
Leaders,
We have three questions for you:
What really is the future of work?
How will AI impact the future of work?
What’s the value of a platform?
In this episode, we talk with Brett Martin, a 20+ year serial entrepreneur and venture capitalist. Brett has seen it all. His fund, Charge Ventures, has been around for over 9 years, invested in over 90 companies, and funded several unicorns.
Brett has also been a leader in combining SaaS applications in the future of work, being in both the founder and investor seats.
In this episode we’ll learn:
Brett views company building as “riding the wave” rather than creating one.
Brett’s perspective on the future of work, the types of companies that are needed, and which ones will successfully ride the wave.
How entrepreneurs can leverage Generative AI and today’s technology to build the best talent-related companies.
A quote from Brett that resonates throughout the episode is: “Great companies ride waves; they don’t create them.” Write this down and keep it close, it's a powerful reminder as you think about your business.
In the theme of waves, Brett outlines the current factors shaping the future of work:
We’re transitioning from thinking that the goal is “remote” to embracing a distributed, global workforce.
Moving from offshoring as a cost-savings function to treating it as a strategic sourcing channel.
The best solutions today are augmenting humans, not replacing them. For example, his startup Fonzi replaces 60% of recruiters' tasks, allowing them to focus more on building relationships.
Augmenting humans enables teams to do more with less—in some cases, what once required 20 BDRs can now be accomplished by one digital worker.
The challenge of confronting broken systems built on legacy technology. The open question: should we build on top of these systems or start fresh with entirely new solutions?