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Talent
Managing talent in a startup comes with particular challenges. How do you best complement the passion a founder or co-founder can bring to the project? What department or role should you build out first to ensure smooth growth? Our alumi reflect on these challenges and more below. Summer Anderson discusses the role of a Chief Marketing Officer in any growing company.
Meet our StartX alums and see the rest of the series here.
Okey Onyejekwe, Jr., MD, JD
Vice President, Healthcare Ops and Medical Affairs at 23andMe
Noah Kindler
Product-Focused Tech Executive, ex-McKinsey/Canoo/Avira/Knotel
Elad Ferber
Vice President and General Manager, Remote Patient Monitoring at Itamar Medical
Summer Anderson
Managing Director, ZRG Partners