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The VC market has lost its mind.

Funding rounds are huge. Unicorns are many. There’s a lot of money, and a lot of people willing to spend it.

It feels like we’re living through a singular moment. But is that true? There’ve been tech booms before — is this one really any different?

Here to talk about it is Bill Beer, a veteran of Silicon Valley and an insider to its funding sprees going back to the early 2000s. As a partner at Daversa Partners, Bill has spent the past two decades working with newly-minted superstars & top VCs to build out their executive ranks.

Bill & Louis talk about today’s funding boom and what’s driving it (hint: FOMO), as well as the ins & outs of executive recruiting and how to find a firm that matches your needs.

“We got our start when the market tanked. We were hustling when everyone else was licking their wounds. And I think that push in 2003, 2004 & 2005 set us up really well…And when 2008 came and this market emerged, we were the emerging company.”

–Bill Beer

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