BIP Ventures Podcast | Hiring Beyond the Checklist: Getting the Right Executive

Written By Kristian Schwartz

July 2025 | Conversation with the BIP Ventures team on executive hiring—why 40-70% fail, and what to do differently.

Key points:

  • Why most executive hires fail—and how to avoid the common traps of misalignment and poor onboarding

  • How to clarify the true business problem before you start the search

  • The importance of transparency around candidate risk profiles (and why some risk is good)

  • How to use both data and intuition to make confident, high-stakes hiring decisions

  • Strategies for validating role specs with real candidates

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