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How to hire engineers in a distorted job market
What startups should do to attract the best engineering talent in this distorted job market.

Announcing Abdul Ly as our fourth principal
Abdul Ly is the fourth principal to join Initialized and the third member of our investment team to join through our open search recruitment process in just ten months.

The Road from Burning Man to Investor and Talent Coach
Lessons from a former Burning Man musician turned investor on how to bring your full authentic self to work

Welcoming Our First Principals – Kat Steinmetz, Scott Moss, and Andrew Sather
With collective expertise in the areas of talent & culture, brand & design, engineering, crypto, and entrepreneurship, we’re growing our team to…

We Welcome Parul Singh as our newest Partner and Livingston Miller as our first General Counsel
We’re growing our team to support our founders with more expertise in healthtech, SaaS and analytics, and to foster more relationships across…

Meet Jen Wolf, Initialized’s Newly Appointed President
Initialized partner and COO Jen Wolf has been promoted to President, making her one of few women to hold such a position…

Working at Initialized
What it’s like to work at Initialized For the first time in its history, Initialized is doing an open search for new…

Fundraising Fallacies
I conducted an informal survey with about 40 investors and asked for the advice they would give others.

Solving the $160 billion food waste problem
How Shelf Engine got 4 of the top 10 grocers and reached product market fit through a perfect go-to-market pivot Stefan Kalb…