The Hard Part with Evan McCann Kevin Kliman from Humi
Kevin Kliman is the Co-Founder and CEO of Humi. Humi is Canada’s leading payroll, HR, and benefits platform. Serving thousands of Canadian companies, Humi is the best-in-one people platform that your company will love.
In this episode, we discuss...
- Businesses Kevin started in high school, at Brown and in dentistry school
- His first venture-backed social app Instaradio and the emotions he had when it didn't work out
- What inspired him to start Humi
- Going through Y Combinator in 2017
- The early debate of focusing on one core product or an entire platform on day one
- Thoughts on competition like Zenefits and Gusto
- Why Humi focused on Canada and SMBs
- Why people and culture matter the most to build an enduring company
- Thoughts on the Toronto and Canadian tech ecosystem
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