Is it time for the resume’s reign to come to an end? Tigran Sloyan is the co-founder and CEO of CodeSignal, a skills assessment platform used by many tech companies to hire engineers based on their engineering chops rather than their keyword-packed resumes. In this episode, Becca, Dom, and Tigran talk about how traditional resume-based hiring perpetuates bia ... Show More
Sep 10
How Mbodi Is Solving Robotics’ Scaling Problem with Xavier Chi
Robotics is having an AI boom, but don’t expect it to have a ChatGPT moment. In this episode of Build Mode, host Isabelle Johannesen sits down with Xavier Chi, co-founder of Mbodi, a startup building AI software that lets people teach industrial robots new skills using natural la ... Show More
32m 3s
Sep 3
Mistakes That Make Investors Nervous, According to a PhD in Pitching
There is no such thing as the perfect pitch. But you can get close by implementing a few research-backed methods to your delivery, deck, and message. In this episode of Build Mode, host Isabelle Johannesen sits down with Dr. Eike Gerhardt, who has aPhD in pitching and spent nearl ... Show More
56m 44s
Aug 27
How a Crisis Turned Julia Hartz Into the CEO Eventbrite Needed
Eventbrite has survived nearly every kind of challenge a startup can face: launching into a financial crisis, raising venture capital after 27 rejections, going public, watching its core business disappear during COVID, and eventually leaving the public markets after nearly two d ... Show More
58m 3s
Oct 2023
Right skills, right person, right role
With the rise of more technical roles across industries and sectors, and a shortage of people to fill them, skills-based hiring could help organizations access new talent pools. McKinsey partners Bryan Hancock and new co-host Brooke Weddle join global editorial director Lucia Rah ... Show More
26m 33s
Sep 2025
Software finally eats services - Aaron Levie
<p>Should the US put a price on H-1B visas, or would that block the flow of new talent? Are AI coding agents actually making teams way more productive, or is it just hype? And in the AI platform shift, will the big winners be incumbents or new AI-native startups?</p><p>Erik Toren ... Show More
59m 33s
Aug 2021
In Machines We Trust: Beating the AI hiring machines
When it comes to hiring, it’s increasingly becoming an AI’s world, we’re just working in it. In this, the final episode of Season 2, and the conclusion of our series on AI and hiring, we take a look at how AI-based systems are increasingly playing gatekeeper in the hiring process ... Show More
31 m
Jun 2021
In Machines We Trust: Hired by an algorithm
If you’ve applied for a job lately, it’s all but guaranteed that your application was reviewed by software—in most cases, before a human ever laid eyes on it. In this episode, the first in a four-part investigation into automated hiring practices, we speak with the CEOs of ZipRec ... Show More
33m 32s
Jan 2023
BE 52: Insider English Resume Strategies Straight from Silicon Valley
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Today you'll meet our guest Troy, who has worked in high-tech industries including software, hardware, and healthcare, and has had a role as a hiring manager. What are the mistakes that everyone is ... Show More
19m 41s
Mar 2024
Firing Squad: SmartRank CEO Keith Hulen
In case you missed it, automation, ranking candidates, DEI and managing applicants are all pretty popular solutions in the HR tech stratosphere. But all things for a 80 percent of the non-enterprise market? Well, that's a tough task to say that least, but startup SmartRank thinks ... Show More
35m 3s
Apr 2023
2335: How Visual Content is Unlocking New Opportunities for Data-Driven Businesses
On today's episode of Tech Talks Daily Podcast, I am joined by Cody Coleman, the inspiring co-founder, and CEO of Coactive AI, a Cloud 100-recognized startup transforming how organizations analyze and search image and video data. Cody shares his remarkable personal journey, from ... Show More
33m 26s
