
Looking Beyond a Candidate’s Resume with Malcolm Burenstam Linder

Matt Preuss
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About Malcolm
Malcolm Burenstam Linder is the CEO and Co-founder of Alva Labs. The team at Alva Labs is creating a more fair and data-driven recruitment process. Malcolm joins us to break down his story and journey as a founder.
Episode Takeaways
A few key topics we hit on:
- About Alva Labs and Malcolm
- How Alva found their first customers
- Using personal networks to find their first customers
- Why founders need to be extremely diligent about their first hires
- Why seeing a professional coach has been a gamechanger for him
- Why everyone should look beyond a resume when hiring
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