“I Wish I Took Up More Space” - Alexandra Kammer on Building Confidence as a Female Founder
On this episode of The SaaS Operator Podcast, we hosted Alexandra Kammer. She is co-founder of Aivy, an HR tech company that streamlines hiring for startups. This episode covers what happens behind the scenes at Aivy & their three-step pre-hiring process.
Alexandra walks us through her journey from graduate school to co-founding her startup. She also gives us the gist of her experience on Germany's Shark Tank, Die Höhle der Löwen.
Alexandra’s story is one of overcoming self-doubt caused by sexism and embracing confidence. We hope you find it as empowering as we did.
Tune in to learn about:
~ Alexandra’s journey from grad school to Germany's Shark Tank
~ How Aivy helps startups speed up their pre-hiring process
~ Thriving as a female founder amidst sexism
~ Overcoming insecurity and building confidence
Timestamps:
- (00:00) - Intro
- (00:10) - What Aivy does
- (01:21) - Aivy's three-step pre-hiring process
- (03:18) - Aivy’s growth so far: choosing sustainable growth over hypergrowth
- (04:54) - Distribution of the product and GTM teams at Aivy
- (06:14) - Aivy's transition from enterprise onboarding to self-serve
- (07:29) - How early clients influenced Aivy’s path
- (09:13) - Leveraging Aivy's First Mover Advantage
- (10:25) - Going from grad school to startup
- (13:06) - Experience at Die Höhle der Löwen (Germany’s Shark Tank)
- (14:43) - Thriving as a female founder amidst gender bias
- (16:30) - Struggles with early hires and how they solved that
- (18:42) - If she had to start all over, what would Alexandra do differently?
- (20:05) - Where to find Alexandra and Aivy online
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Follow Alexandra:
On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandra-kammer/
On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aivy.app/
Mentioned In The Episode
Aivy.app - HR SaaS for 5x better pre-selection.
ReactSquad.io - React.js Agency for Startups
Nikolas Chapoupis
On Twitter: https://twitter.com/nikolas_chap
On LinkedIn: https://de.linkedin.com/in/nikolas-chapoupis
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