Brendan Wood

A lot of the core people are the same. We've expanded the team. We've doubled in size. Some people have left. Some people have joined. In terms of what we look for, we essentially have a positive filter on intelligence and grit. That's what we really look for, first of all. Like, how quickly can you solve novel problems that you face with you've never come across before?

And really, that's about having people who have the capability to be generalists on the team. It's nice to have a few really sharp employees who have specialties, but early stage startup, you really need people that can wear a lot of different hats and be able to pivot quickly into something a little bit different from what they were doing.

And really, that's about having people who have the capability to be generalists on the team. It's nice to have a few really sharp employees who have specialties, but early stage startup, you really need people that can wear a lot of different hats and be able to pivot quickly into something a little bit different from what they were doing.

And really, that's about having people who have the capability to be generalists on the team. It's nice to have a few really sharp employees who have specialties, but early stage startup, you really need people that can wear a lot of different hats and be able to pivot quickly into something a little bit different from what they were doing.

Most of the problems that we encounter are fairly hairy and you can't give up at the first sign of trouble. You have to really just find a way to grind through it and bust through the wall. So those are like the two things we look for in terms of a positive filter. And then we have a negative filter on attitude. Excuse my language, but it's no assholes rule, right? It's a culture fit thing.

Most of the problems that we encounter are fairly hairy and you can't give up at the first sign of trouble. You have to really just find a way to grind through it and bust through the wall. So those are like the two things we look for in terms of a positive filter. And then we have a negative filter on attitude. Excuse my language, but it's no assholes rule, right? It's a culture fit thing.

Most of the problems that we encounter are fairly hairy and you can't give up at the first sign of trouble. You have to really just find a way to grind through it and bust through the wall. So those are like the two things we look for in terms of a positive filter. And then we have a negative filter on attitude. Excuse my language, but it's no assholes rule, right? It's a culture fit thing.

And we want to make sure that everybody's working together constructively and collaboratively. We've come across like absolutely brilliant potential employees who could potentially be game changers for the company. But we found maybe there's a little bit of arrogance or maybe they're a little bristly to work with. And that's enough for us to say that. No, sorry.

And we want to make sure that everybody's working together constructively and collaboratively. We've come across like absolutely brilliant potential employees who could potentially be game changers for the company. But we found maybe there's a little bit of arrogance or maybe they're a little bristly to work with. And that's enough for us to say that. No, sorry.

And we want to make sure that everybody's working together constructively and collaboratively. We've come across like absolutely brilliant potential employees who could potentially be game changers for the company. But we found maybe there's a little bit of arrogance or maybe they're a little bristly to work with. And that's enough for us to say that. No, sorry.

Like the team has to jive if this is going to work in the long run.

Like the team has to jive if this is going to work in the long run.

Like the team has to jive if this is going to work in the long run.

It's hard to know where the scaling problems are going to be until you run headfirst into them. So really what we did is like on day one, we built it to work. Like it's just going to work and we'll address the scaling problems as they come up. We even moved cloud providers in the last couple of years because like the cloud provider we were with, it just wasn't scaling to meet our needs.

It's hard to know where the scaling problems are going to be until you run headfirst into them. So really what we did is like on day one, we built it to work. Like it's just going to work and we'll address the scaling problems as they come up. We even moved cloud providers in the last couple of years because like the cloud provider we were with, it just wasn't scaling to meet our needs.

It's hard to know where the scaling problems are going to be until you run headfirst into them. So really what we did is like on day one, we built it to work. Like it's just going to work and we'll address the scaling problems as they come up. We even moved cloud providers in the last couple of years because like the cloud provider we were with, it just wasn't scaling to meet our needs.

So we had to migrate. That's not something I think we would have easily foreseen. And so it's probably good that we didn't do it in advance and we did it when it was important to do it. And that way we can use our resources most effectively as we need them.

So we had to migrate. That's not something I think we would have easily foreseen. And so it's probably good that we didn't do it in advance and we did it when it was important to do it. And that way we can use our resources most effectively as we need them.

So we had to migrate. That's not something I think we would have easily foreseen. And so it's probably good that we didn't do it in advance and we did it when it was important to do it. And that way we can use our resources most effectively as we need them.

I think it's that we're building something that's really hard. It's a two-sided market. You've got, well, it's even more than that. Like you've got stockbrokers or huge billion-dollar financial institutions on one side, and you've got scrappy startup apps and founders and entrepreneurs on the other side.