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How a Rejected Pitch Built a 45M Recruitment Platform
In Episode 166 of The Founder's Journey, Lucas and Luna explore the story of a recruitment platform that started with a pitch rejected by every major investor. The founder, a former recruiter, turned a personal frustration into a data-driven hiring tool that now serves over 4,000 companies. We break down the key pivot: moving from a traditional job board to an AI-powered matching engine that reduced time-to-hire by 40 percent. We discuss the metrics that mattered, the near-death moment in year two, and the lesson that rejection forced a focus on product-market fit. If you've ever…
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