Funded.club

I set up “funded.club” to help other founders recruit and grow their teams without paying huge agency fees or having to expand their own HR and recruiting staff. 
We rapidly became a disruptor for startup recruiting charging low fixed fees per search starting at USD 4500 or EUR 3900 per hire = affordable headhunting for startups!
We work closely with management teams as a dedicated, outsourced recruiting platform to bring top developers, designers, sales, marketing and support talent to the team, efficiently. 
Funded.club also provides investor readiness tools and access to funding partners to help founders fuel their dreams.
We're a fully-remote, global team following a "Teal" structure of self-organizing teams.

Founder & CEO

Stealth startup

Supporting this stealth startup in the delivery business with their go-to-market strategy and resource planning.

Advisory Board Member

Supernova

Supporting management with sales, recruiting and HR strategy.
Supernova are Y Combinator alumni from the W19 batch of 2019. Their product automates the development of mobile apps in a way previously thought impossible. 
Draw the design and let the AI of Supernova code it for you.

Advisor to Management

WeTravel

WeTravel is a venture-backed payment and booking platform for small- and medium-sized tour operators with over 3,000 clients all around the world. Headquartered in Amsterdam with teams in the US, South America, and Asia.

Mentor, Recruiter (via Funded.club)

Bizzy Labs - Startupbootcamp Alumni

Bizzy helped employers select better candidates, faster, with the power of 15-second video introductions. 

- Developed a modern recruiting platform for hospitality and retail - the Bizzy ATS
- Negotiated client deals with IHG Europe. YOURCAREERGROUP, Academy Music Group, HEMA, new hotel openings for Accor, citizenM, Kimpton de Wit, QO Amsterdam...
- Applying Lean management and data-driven culture
- Hired and developed high-performing teams in technology, sales and
operations in Europe and North America
- Default HR lead for recruiting, employee relations, training, payroll and
contracts, Dutch, UK and US employment law
- Public speaker and company representative at industry events in Europe
and US
- Selected from 400 start-ups for Startupbootcamp 2014; 
- IBM WATSON Ecosystem prize 2015; Computable Awards "Start-up of the year" 2016
- Incubated an innovative blockchain solution, "Apply with Bizzy" from Sept 2017 to April 2019

Battling a volatile share price, the company ran out of operating cash and shut down the Bizzy ATS, 30th April 2019.

Co-founder & CEO

Zeebra Resource Solutions s.r.o.

Zeebra Resource Solutions is a full service contingency recruitment and executive search firm. In 2002 Zeebra entered the recruitment market in Czech Republic, and opened in Berlin in 2011. Won & delivered successful recruiting projects for tech clients like Ableton, Barclays Capital, Wooga... (Java, Javascript, Systems, Product leaders, Games developers, CSS, HTML, Python)

Senior Recruiter

Interoute Czech

Provided full HR service to CEE + DACH – 450 staff
Trusted partner to internal clients – EVP Engineering; CTO; VP Sales & Marketing. Coaching new managers on leadership, culture and team development
Monitored all recruiting channels with agencies, Monster.com, Jobserve, Bullhorn etc
Developed internal talent pool by matching emerging talent with business objectives and career aspirations
Reduced time-to-hire and staff turnover
Managed Performance Management (Appraisals) process
Resolved staff conflicts in Czech Republic, Germany and Bulgaria.
Led contract negotiations, HR law, compensation and benefits
Managed Health & Safety procedures
Launched company’s first graduate program in October 2007

HR Director - CEE Region

Link Consulting

Built and managed a team of 15 recruiters and 10 trainers (soft skills & tech)
Won key clients:  Accenture, T-Mobile, Deloitte, Siemens, Vodafone, Samsun, Sun Microsystems, Cisco...
Hired & trained new consultants with ongoing mentoring, skills development, continuous improvement of methods and best practice
Legal representation to government offices, tax, social insurance, VAT etc.
Processed employment contracts according to Czech labor law

Managing Director

Funded.club CEO | People Leader | Startup Board Member & Advisor | Public Speaker | Funding Expert | Singer-Songwriter

25+ years in businesses including 9 years in startups: 
Sales rep > Recruiter > Head of HR > Rockstar (yes really :) > startup(s) CEO > startup advisor.
 
I've interviewed and advised thousands of startup teams over the past 5 years as the Founder and CEO of Funded.club (plus many more in public speaking engagements).

In addition to growing Funded.club, I'm spending some time on boards and mentoring exciting startups. I was lucky to live through a business accelerator experience at Startupbootcamp with >100 mentors, so it's really fun to give back to this startup community now. 

In my free time, I still enjoy making music and videos, going on family adventures, and sometimes I drag my middle-aged body around a triathlon course. I swim, cycle, and run slow, but it's great to switch off and get away from screens and wifi :)

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