🚀 Hiring Sprint: How To Build a Killer Team | ft. ex airbnb, loom, ebay, onfido
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💥 Featuring:
🔊 Danny (ex- Head of Ops @ Airbnb UK, Senior Analyst @ eBay) on assembling your early GTM team
🔊 Exited Founding Engineer on how to hire your first engineers
🔊 First CS hire at Loom on launching a CS function from scratch
🧠 ZeShaan (ex-Onfido) — scaled Onfido ($650M exit) from 50 to 250 people as Director of Talent. He’ll be building your end-to-end hiring playbook.
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💰 Loads of VCs from the Gen Z VC community joining us afterwards for a sunset rooftop party.
These are the folks who’ve built the teams behind some of the best-known tech products.
Now they’re helping you build yours.
Hiring is Hard.
If “start hiring” is on your to-do list, but you’re not sure where to start—you’re not alone. Hiring isn’t just about filling seats. It’s about building a team that can take your startup to the next level without slowing you down.
From Funding to Next Hires is a hands-on sprint designed for founders ready to hire smarter, faster, and with way more confidence.
By the end, you’ll walk away with a complete, ready-to-use Hiring Playbook.
THE AGENDA
09:00 - Arrive
🔍 Workshop 1 – Hiring Deep Dive with Danny
09:30 – 11:00
You’ll hear from the co-founders of a stealth startup for early-stage hires:
Danny (ex-Airbnb | ex-ebay) on building your early GTM team
The founding engineer of an exited AI-first startup (EF6) on how to hire your first engineers
The first customer-facing hire at Loom on launching a CS function from scratch
🔍 Workshops 2-4 – Sprint Time!
Delivered by ZeShaan who scaled Onfido ($650M valuation) from 50-250 people worldwide as Director of Talent.
🛠 Module 1: People Strategy & Planning
11:20 – 12:30
Get to grips with why hiring goes wrong—and how to fix it.
Topics Covered:
People Debt & scaling risks
Strategic vs reactive hiring
The Seven Rights
Founder-led pain point mapping
🎯 Outcome: Learn how to use hiring as a strategic lever—not a last resort.
🧱 Module 2: Role Prioritisation & Job Specs
13:30 – 15:00
Get crystal clear on who you need—and why.
Topics Covered:
“Hire vs Optimise” decision tree
Mission-critical vs support roles
Writing job specs using the B.E.S.T. Fit model
🎯 Outcomes:
Role prioritisation map
One scoped job spec (B.E.S.T.-based)
🤝 Module 3: Interviewing, Selection & Onboarding
15:15 – 17:15
Build a hiring system that scales with you.
Topics Covered:
Interviewing frameworks
Bias-free evaluation
Onboarding that retains
🎯 Outcome:
Craft a candidate assessment criteria,
Nail down your interview process + tailored questions
Create a 30-60-90 onboarding plan
🤝 Module 4: Playbook Assembly & Wrap-Up
17:15 - 18:00
Compile your Hiring Playbook
Pair share: your biggest mindset shift?
Group Q&A
✅ By 18:00, You’ll Have:
📊 A Prioritised Hiring Roadmap
📝 A High-Impact Job Spec
🧠 Fair, Scalable Assessment Criteria + Interview Plan
📅 A 30-60-90 Day Onboarding Strategy
🔄 A Repeatable, Startup-Proof Hiring Framework
PLUG OUT | Golden Hour ☀️ with Gen Z VCs
18:00 - 20:00
Rooftop. Sunset. DJs. Food. Drinks.
Founders + VCs
Vibes on vibes.