Business
What you will learn in this episodeHow Cliff and Mel from Canva convinced Mahesh to leave his startup (just when he was about to close the seed round funding) to go and work at Canva. Mahesh’s TimTam marketing hack that won him Uber’s as a client Why recruitment has been one of the major factors around Canva’s success Why talent acquisition is just like growth marketing Don’t compromise when hiring – wait for the right skillset Why you should never underestimate anyone How to be commercial when hiringThoughts around business leadership Resources mentionedTake a HR course with Mahesh AirtaskerCanvaTimTamsZapposStack OverflowYouTube Premuim (formerly YouTube Red)(The mighty) Tottenham HostspurMahesh’s ‘hiring in football article’ (coming soon) Book RecommendationsLean Analytics by Alistair Croll and Benjamin YoskovitzThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanWork Rules by Laszlo BockReinventing Organizations by Frederic Laloux What business would you build on Mars?I have very dry and geeky answers to these kind of things. My first response was, "What do they need? What do they want?" Then I was like, "Let's make some assumptions." I'm a tourist coming into this brand new country. We're not going to sell probably something that I think is cool because it's exclusive. Gold seems to be very attractive to people constantly, so if they don't have a shiny thing or something that smells nice or something that drives an immediate kick of endorphins, I'll find that out and then I'll sell to them. I'll just tell them that this is the coolest thing and make it super exclusive. Reach Mahesh hereMahesh on TwitterMahesh on LinkedIn To see the full episode transcript and get a listener exclusive 3 month free trial of Metigy, visit metigy.com/podcast