a16z Podcast: Managing Uncertainty -- Layoffs and Talent

a16z Podcast

• Episode: a16z Podcast: Managing Uncertainty -- Layoffs and Talent
• Website: a16z Podcast
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• Duration: 00:29:54
• Published: 2016-05-27 01:33

In many ways, managing startups is about managing uncertainty: in product, market, and... people. So what happens when changes in the business require changes -- and sometimes reductions -- in the workforce? In this episode of the podcast, a16z partners Shannon Schiltz and Alex Rampell share both their professional and personal experiences with layoffs -- from why they happen to what to do (and what not to do).