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[Destination USA] Hiring in the US with Elizabeth Bramlage, CMO of ComplyAdvantage and Nicolas Dessaigne, founder of Algolia

Episode Summary

How can European tech companies attract and hire the best US talent? Today we have two guests with two different perspectives; one a founder of a European startup who relocated to Silicon Valley, the other, a corporate executive who joined a European startup post Series B. Nicolas Dessaigne is co-founder and former CEO of Algolia, a Y-Combinator backed, AI search and discovery platform founded in Paris. Elizabeth Bramlage is an American executive who led US marketing for Swedish startup Klarna and is now Chief Marketing Officer of ComplyAdvantage, a British born anti financial crime AI platform. Journalist Soheb Panja leads us through the conversation where Nicolas and Elizabeth discuss hiring wrong, builders vs scalers, why a US A-player would join a European startup, Y Combinator, evaluating candidates, cultural differences, giving feedback and much more.

Episode Notes

How can European tech companies attract and hire the best US talent?

Today we have two guests with two different perspectives; one a founder of a European startup who relocated to Silicon Valley, the other, a corporate executive who joined a European startup post Series B.

Nicolas Dessaigne is co-founder and former CEO of Algolia, a Y-Combinator backed, AI search and discovery platform founded in Paris.

Elizabeth Bramlage is an American executive who led US marketing for Swedish startup Klarna and is now Chief Marketing Officer of ComplyAdvantage, a British born anti financial crime AI platform.

Journalist Soheb Panja leads us through the conversation where Nicolas and Elizabeth discuss hiring wrong, builders vs scalers, why a US A-player would join a European startup, Y Combinator, evaluating candidates, cultural differences, giving feedback and much more.

To learn more about how European companies approach US expansion, you can read our guide here.