Nolan Church

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3,514 appearances 31 recordings 1 series first heard Aug 2025 last heard 18 Dec

Nolan Church’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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“HR Heretics” | How CPOs, CHROs, Founders, and Boards Build High Performing Companies · Why Giving Stock to Everyone Is Harder Than It Sound · 18 Nov 2025 podcast

And so I'm having a blast. matched

Yeah. matched

Okay, so you know I worked at Carta and uh our goal at Carta was to make everyone an owner. matched

And one of the hypotheses around the software was if we made it easier for companies to issue equity, then more companies would issue equity 'cause it's kind of a pain in the ass if you have to like hit up your lawyer and it's like paper certificates and stuff. matched

So the story I used to tell candidates, which is true, is like my dad has been in sales his entire life. matched

Um, and specifically in sales, and you still see this in tech companies. matched

like back in the day they never got equity and even still today most of them don't. matched

And I feel like if you're transactional matched

in your relationship with employees. matched

So like, hey, this is the number, this is your quota, go hit this thing. matched

You think on short time horizons. matched

And you make decisions on short time horizons. matched

Uh Utopia for me is everybody is an owner. matched

Now, to take the other side of that. matched

Objectively, investors hate it. matched

And I learned this. matched

Um, it turns out like investors make their money by not getting diluted. matched

And the more equity you issue, the more dilution investors take. matched

And they don't like it. matched

They want to get rich. matched

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