Deborah Gladney, 34, thiab Angela Muhwezi-Hall, 32, yog ib feem ntawm lub club me tab sis loj hlob ntawm lab-duas Dub poj niam tsim.
Cov viv ncaus yog tus tsim tom qab QuickHire, lub chaw ntiav neeg ua haujlwm uas txuas cov neeg ua haujlwm rau kev pabcuam thiab kev lag luam ua haujlwm. Thaum Lub Kaum Ib Hlis, QuickHire tau nce $ 1.41 lab hauv ib qho kev pab nyiaj ntau dhau, ua rau Gladney thiab Muhwezi-Hall thawj tus poj niam Dub hauv Kansas tau nce ntau dua $ 1 lab rau kev pib, raws li AfroTech.
Nws yog qhov ua tau zoo rau txhua tus neeg ua lag luam, tab sis tshwj xeeb tshaj yog thaum koj xav tias Black poj niam startup founders tau txais tsuas yog 0.34% ntawm tag nrho $ 147 billion nyob rau hauv venture peev nqis peev nyob rau hauv US startups los ntawm thawj ib nrab ntawm 2021, raws li Crunchbase.
Thaum cov viv ncaus pib ua lag luam thaum Lub Peb Hlis 2020, Gladney cev xeeb tub nrog nws tus menyuam thib peb, thiab Muhwezi-Hall tau nyob hauv tsev kho mob tom qab cog lus Covid-19. Lawv tau dhau los ua qhov tsis paub tseeb ntawm tus kabmob kis thoob ntiaj teb, pom kev tsis sib haum xeeb ntawm haiv neeg thaum lub sijhawm George Floyd tawm tsam, nyiaj npib los nqis peev $ 50,000 ntawm lawv tus kheej cov nyiaj khaws cia, thiab tau ntsib kev ua phem me me thaum nrhiav nyiaj txiag. Ib qho beta version ntawm QuickHire tau pib thaum lub caij nplooj zeeg xyoo 2020, thiab lawv tau tshaj tawm cov khoom tiav rau pej xeem thaum lub Plaub Hlis 2021.
Niaj hnub no, QuickHire sib tw ntau dua 11,000 tus neeg nrhiav haujlwm nrog cov haujlwm ntawm 60 lub tuam txhab kev lag luam kev pabcuam loj hauv Wichita, Kansas, thiab Kansas City metro chaw. Thaum Lub Sij Hawm Tshaj Tawm Zoo, QuickHire cov ntaub ntawv kuj tseem ua pov thawj tias cov lag luam yuav tsum muab cov haujlwm zoo dua rau cov neeg ua haujlwm li cas - cov haujlwm uas tau them nyiaj zoo, cov sij hawm ruaj khov, nyiaj pov hwm kev noj qab haus huv thiab kev ua haujlwm yav tom ntej - yog tias lawv puas tau cia siab tias yuav qhib qhib.
CNBC Ua Nws tau tham nrog ob tus viv ncaus rau lawv cov lus qhia ua haujlwm zoo tshaj plaws, thiab nws tau pab lawv li cas pib lawv thawj $ 1 lab kev lag luam.
'Tsis txhob cia leej twg pom koj tawm hws'
Qhov loj tshaj ntawm cov lus qhia txog kev ua haujlwm Gladney ua rau lub siab los ntawm tus thawj coj qub: "Tsis txhob cia leej twg pom koj tawm hws."
Gladney hais tias "Muaj ntau lub zog hauv kev tsis pub lwm tus neeg lub hwj chim hauv kev paub tias lawv yeej txhua qhov xwm txheej ntawm koj," Gladney hais.
Gladney hais tias qhov kev paub dhau los ntawm pitching QuickHire thiab kev nce nyiaj tsis tau ua yam tsis muaj kev tsis ncaj ncees thiab kev ua phem - cov xwm txheej "qhov chaw uas tib neeg tau hais lossis ua ib yam dab tsi, yog tias peb tau qhia lawv tias lawv tau txais rau peb, kuv xav tias lawv yuav ua tiav hauv kev txwv. peb."
Gladney nco ntsoov pitching rau cov tub ua lag luam thiab zoo li lawv muaj "txhua daim npav tiv thaiv peb." Lawv tau thov rau tab sis tau thim tawm ntawm cov kev pab cuam accelerator, "thiab nws tau tso qhov tsis zoo rau peb lub qhov ncauj. Cov laj thawj vim li cas peb raug muab tso tseg tsuas yog tsis meej heev. Thiab nws ua rau peb xav tsis thoob, puas yog vim peb yog cov poj niam Dub ua qhov no?
Nws yog ib qho xwm txheej tshwm sim rau cov poj niam thiab cov neeg tsim cov xim hauv VC ntiaj teb, uas feem ntau ntawm cov tub ua lag luam yog cov txiv neej dawb. "Peb xav tias zoo li peb yuav tsum tuaj rau ntawm lub rooj nrog cov nyiaj tau los ntau dua lossis muaj txiaj ntsig ntau dua li peb cov neeg koom tes, vim peb paub tias peb yuav tsis muaj peev xwm nce yog tias peb tsis ua kom nws yooj yim dua rau [cov neeg lag luam] mus. siv sijhawm rau peb, ”Gladney hais.
Gladney thiab Muhwezi-Hall yuav luag tso tseg rau kev sim nkag mus rau hauv qhov kev pab cuam nrawm kom txog thaum lawv muaj ib lub rooj sib tham txhawb nqa nrog tus thawj tswj hwm nrog tus accelerator TechStars Iowa. Lawv nkag mus rau hauv lub accelerator, thiab lawv txoj kev loj hlob tau tawm.
Gladney hais tias nws tso siab rau ob peb tus neeg tseem ceeb, suav nrog nws tus viv ncaus, nws tus txiv thiab nws txiv, los tswj cov kev ntxhov siab uas los nrog kev ua ib tug poj niam Dub tsim hauv qhov chaw thev naus laus zis.
Nws hais tias, "Lawv tau txais tag nrho los ntawm kuv," tab sis nws pab kuv tawm mus thiab tawm tsam lub ntiaj teb.
'Koj yuav tsum mus loj hlob'
Muhwezi-Hall hais tias cov lus qhia zoo tshaj plaws uas nws tau txais yog tias koj yuav tsum "mus loj hlob."
"Qee lub sij hawm hauv lub neej, thiab tshwj xeeb tshaj yog nyob rau hauv kev ua haujlwm, rau koj kom pom cov cib fim ntawm kev nce qib thiab nthuav koj lub qab ntug, koj yuav tsum tau tawm ntawm koj qhov chaw xis nyob," nws hais. "Koj yuav tsum tau siv sijhawm rau koj tus kheej."
Rau Muhwezi-Hall, cov noob rau QuickHire tau cog rov qab rau xyoo 2017, thaum nws yog ib tus kws pab tswv yim hauv tsev kawm qib siab thiab kev ua haujlwm hauv tsev kawm theem siab Los Angeles. Nws muaj ntau yam kev pab cuam rau cov uas khi rau hauv tsev kawm ntawv qib siab, tab sis tsawg rau cov tub ntxhais kawm mus rau kev pabcuam lossis kev ua lag luam txawj. Kwv yees li ntawm 108 lab tus tib neeg, lossis 71% ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm, ua haujlwm hauv kev pabcuam - vim li cas ho tsis muaj txoj hauv kev zoo dua los txuas rau lawv nrog cov haujlwm ruaj khov uas tsis yog sau daim ntawv thov haujlwm?
Muhwezi-Hall hais tias, "Qhov no yog ib lub tswv yim uas peb zaum tau ntau xyoo," hais ntxiv tias Gladney feem ntau txhawb kom nws coj nws mus rau txoj sia. Qhov xwm txheej ceev ntawm kev sib kis, thaum nws pom ntau lab tus neeg ua haujlwm pabcuam poob haujlwm, ua rau nws rov ua dua nws lub tswv yim.
Muhwezi-Hall thiab Gladney tau mus ua haujlwm hauv tsev QuickHire thaum Lub Peb Hlis 2020. Thaum Lub Yim Hli, Muhwezi-Hall tau tsiv nrog nws tus txiv los ntawm LA mus rau hauv Gladney lub qab daus hauv Wichita, Kansas, tau xya lub hlis los txuas ntxiv. Muhwezi-Hall thiab nws tus txiv tau tsiv mus rau Chicago, thiab cov viv ncaus ua haujlwm ua ke nyob deb thiab thaum mus ntsib tus neeg.
"Qee lub sijhawm, koj yuav tsum txav mus," nws hais. “Thiab yog tias koj ntshai txav mus, koj yuav tsis loj hlob. Yog li ntawd yog qee yam uas kuv siv rau txhua yam: Koj yuav tsum mus kom loj hlob. "
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Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/12/quickhire-founders-raised-1point4-milliontheir-best-career-advice.html