Tech My Breath Away

Behind Recruitment Portals, Stopstalk, and the crowded hiring space: Reczee’s Raj Patel | Tech My Breath Away #1


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In this episode, Abbhinav (123 of AI) digs into the mind of Raj Patel, the founder of Reczee, a Top Recruiting Voice on LinkedIn, Ex-BrowserStack, Ex-Harness, and a fellow IIIT-Hyderabad graduate.

The discussion revolves around the journey of this entrepreneur, from his initial misconceptions about immediate financial gains, his middle-class upbringing influencing his risk-taking nature, to his transition from employment to entrepreneurship, and his experiences in the competitive hiring market, emphasizing on learning from mistakes, the challenges faced in sales processes, and the importance of quick execution.

RAJ REVEALS:

  • His middle-class upbringing with Gujarati parents working as teachers.
  • Insights into first principles thinking learned from his father.
  • His love for building products, from college to present day.
  • The unexpected success story behind creating StopStalk during college years.
  • Universities making it compulsory for students to have a StopStalk profile for placements - an Unmonetized passion project gaining institutional recognition.
  • Entering the market, despite competition from established players like Naukri and Monster
  • Evolution of his business model for Reczee TalentHub and ATS
  • The decision to bootstrap influenced by the ability to build products frugally without significant fixed costs.
  • Importance of Rapid Execution as a necessity to invalidate hypothesis.
  • Platform growth strategies, and solving the cold start problem
  • Challenges in entrepreneurship
  • BEST MOMENTS:

    “The Founder makes money lot down the line... It's just the thrill that you are in for basically”

    “Institutes started noticing that this is something that can bring value... using this [StopStalk] as well along with CGPA to shortlist candidates”

    “Usually when there is a problem at hand you figure out solutions by first principles... these principles he always talks to me about, my father”

    “We take assessments of these candidates... if they pass the skill requirements only then they can click on apply.”

    “The pain is multiple fold... catered to the same broader vision that this is a mess in recruitment.”

    “You should also acknowledge... try to take a step based understandings.”

    “Rapid execution time... gives you... energy to pivot quickly.”

    “I could have released the platform before... if you launch early... a lot of your hypothesis would be invalidated.”

    “A lot of times people raise at seed stage if they probably say they are not tech savvy.”

    ABOUT THE HOST

    Abbhinav Venkat, is the founder of 123 of AI, an ed-tech company enabling working professionals upskill in AI/ML. He is an entrepreneur, AI researcher, and podcaster. Before starting 123 of AI, he spent several years at multiple Silicon Valley startups as a Computer Vision Scientist. His academic career involved AI research at IIIT-H and Stanford University with several top-tier publications in BMVC, ICCV, and ACPR. For his research, he was awarded Qualcomm’s Innovation Fellowship, felicitated by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), GOI, as well as invited for talks in 4 continents.

    CONTACT

    123 of AI: https://www.123ofai.com/contact

    LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/abbhinavvenkat

    GUEST LINKS (Raj Patel)

    Reczee : https://www.reczee.com

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raj454raj/

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