It’s funny what happens when you follow your own advice More times than not, when I speak with a candidate, I am learning about where they come from, their previous experiences, and how that influences what they want to do next. I learn about what they want out of their…

At Prime Movers Lab, we invest in breakthrough scientific technologies and because of that, it isn’t always clear where to look for talent as teams scale. So where do you look for valuable and high-impact talent when you are building something that has never been built before? What do you…

One of the most valuable ways we can maximize service to our portfolio companies is to help our founders hire strong people and operations leadership. But how do we do that? What do we look for and how do we evaluate these candidates? Where do we find them? What makes…

What to prioritize in people operations as early-stage startups scale As you’ve heard our team at Prime Movers Lab mention before, we proudly lead with science and service as our guiding principles when it comes to investing in scientific breakthroughs. …

In That Order — In 2014, I read Ben Horowitz’s “The Hard Thing About Hard Things’’ for the first time. Chapter Five, “Take Care of the People, the Products and the Profits — In That Order” has stayed with me ever since. For one, I couldn’t agree more with his and Colin Powell’s thoughts…

Putting Money Where Our Mouths Are — I was recently fortunate to find, and place, a stellar candidate in a VP of Engineering role at a company I love. We didn’t talk about what they’d have to give up if they left their current role or what they were currently making. We didn’t talk about how much…