Arteen Arabshahi’s career path has been untraditional. The son of Iranian immigrants, he grew up planning to be a surgeon and bounced through medicine and finance before finding his passion in entrepreneurship and technology. He got his first job in this industry by cold emailing 150 people and spent 5 years in traditional venture capital (Fika Ventures, Karlin Ventures) before joining WndrCo to pursue a unique hybrid of entrepreneurship and investment. At WndrCo, Arteen manages the early stage investments. Prior to investing, Arteen helped launch BuiltinLA.com and worked at Techstars Chicago.

Arteen has been selected for Forbes 30 Under 30, Business Insider 30 and Under, and CSQ’s NextGen 10. He holds a BSBA from the University of Arizona and contributes to TechCrunch, Forbes, and Business Insider. On nights and weekends, he’ll either be enjoying the outdoors, at a concert, or at an open mic poetry slam. He cares deeply about mental health awareness, equal access to opportunity, and performing arts. You can find him at @arteeninLA.

In this episode…

For a person with many years of experience working in different industries, Arteen Arabshahi has a wealth of knowledge to share from the tech industry, finance, investments, and early stage venture capital funding. He helps companies recruit and retain talent, expand operations and grow their revenue, and he knows the crucial role of the hiring process to a company’s growth.

In this week’s episode of Elevate Hire, Greg Toroosian interviews Arteen Arabshahi of WndrCo LLC about his perspective on hiring and retaining talent. He talks about his background and professional career, how he identifies worthwhile investments, how he helps grow early-stage teams, and more. Stay tuned.