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Are You Hiring a Cultural Fit? Do You Actually Want To?
Acknowledge your culture, and share it with applicants before they even get to the interview phase.
David Teten is a managing partner with HOF Capital, an international venture capital fund backed by limited partners across 33 countries. He is also founder of Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of NY, one of the largest angel networks on the East Coast. Teten holds a Harvard MBA and Yale BA.
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