Chatkick Profile

“Chatkick products help recruiters and talent acquisition teams optimize each step of the hiring process through rich insights and intelligent automation.”

“Our goal is to bring order to the chaos of hiring to not only improve recruiters' performance but to enhance the overall candidate experience.”

“One funding round — $1.75 million —pre-seed (SAFEs).”

“Two FTE (including me, the founder) — our other FTE, Reid, is a lead engineer who comes from a long line of startups (StitchFix, Hover, Framebridge).”

“As a former VP of Engineering, hiring was my favorite part of my job. Working with recruiters was challenging, lacked the organizational quality of other parts of our business, and [was] insanely time-consuming. The worst part, candidates generally suffered as a result of these poor workflows. My hope is two-fold: First, that Chatkick changes the perception of recruiting in the eyes of management to be a long-term profit center. And second, that our tools bring out the best in recruiters and as a result, enhance the overall hiring experience.”

“I wish we had some great story for this, but the honest truth is I owned the domain for several years and really just liked it.”

“Yes. I don't know what the original trigger was to become an entrepreneur. But the ability to work on really hard problems, with smart people, and control the direction you go has always been appealing to me.”

“Quitting my job. I had a great role as the VPE of a recently acquired startup. Leaving a nice paycheck with a one-year-old son to consider was tough. After a lot of conversations with my wife and family, it seemed obvious this was the right thing to do.”

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“Recruiting firms and corporate talent acquisition/recruiters.”

“Content and referral have been our biggest channels. Our goal over the next year is to lean into partnerships and referrals as much as possible.”

“Not quite at 100 paying customers (around 70 today). Most have come through word of mouth or referral.”

“Usage (MAUs, Emails sent from the platform, interviews run), MRR, Churn (% and total account).”

“Book: ‘The Mom Test,’ Podcast: ‘My First Million.’”

“A lot of techno…anything released by the Drumcode label.”

“Figma, Notion, Chatkick Talent CRM (we use it to automate emails for a bunch of functions).”

“The most interesting thing I noticed was how much more chaotic it feels than being an employee. When you work at a company (big or small), you have a generally well-defined role. Today – at least in the early stages – I am responsible for everything essentially to some degree: engineering, product, sales, marketing, customer success.”

“Working from home periodically helps. Having a supportive family and spouse is a big factor as well.”

“The day my son was born. Ironically, I didn't quit until about 1.5 years later since I wanted to see an acquisition through my former employer. But that's when I knew it was gonna happen.”

“I worked as a waiter in a retirement community. Taught me both patience and how to interact with people in a professional but personal manner.”