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>Dgraph took a hit suddenly due to a critically wrong hire — which made us go from a “things are looking great” to “sorry, you’re out” within a week. I don't u

>Dgraph took a hit suddenly due to a critically wrong hire — which made us go from a “things are looking great” to “sorry, you’re out” within a week. I don't understand what this could mean? How can a single hire be so impactful and so quickly? I guess the team was small but even then I'd be very interested to know how that could happen!

justtoni 4y ago
Maybe they hired a CFO who said on his first day: "I am sorry, but you are fucked".
- anacrolix 4y ago
  Who are you, who are so wise in the ways of hiring?
threeseed 4y ago
Manish allowed a new CEO, Gary Hagmueller, to take over on advice from his investors at Redpoint. The two didn't get along and Manish was largely sidelined. And then depending on who you talk to the company failed because of Gary (poor fundraising, strategy etc) or Manish (poor product, management). The investors Dgraph had e.g. Redpoint, Airtree, Grok have an excellent reputation so there is definitely more going on then has been let on.
- throwawayays 4y ago
  Tangential… Airtree historically has a pretty poor reputation amongst founders who have taken money off them and amongst angel investors. I don’t have first hand knowledge but at least half a dozen unique second or third hand data points => dodgy tactics even at early stage and can micromanage founders.
  - threeseed 4y ago
    Really appreciate you commenting. The worst thing about not being in the US is that there isn't enough public data points about which VCs are good or not. And founders like Manish aren't stupid/drunk enough to ever spill the beans.
  - mrjn 4y ago
    Just want to set the record straight here, AirTree folks were incredibly helpful. If offered, I'd take money from them again in a heartbeat.
  - avinassh 4y ago
    > Airtree historically has a pretty poor reputation amongst founders who have taken money off them and amongst angel investors. can you share some sources?

justtoni 4y ago

Maybe they hired a CFO who said on his first day: "I am sorry, but you are fucked".

anacrolix 4y ago
Who are you, who are so wise in the ways of hiring?

threeseed 4y ago

Manish allowed a new CEO, Gary Hagmueller, to take over on advice from his investors at Redpoint. The two didn't get along and Manish was largely sidelined. And then depending on who you talk to the company failed because of Gary (poor fundraising, strategy etc) or Manish (poor product, management). The investors Dgraph had e.g. Redpoint, Airtree, Grok have an excellent reputation so there is definitely more going on then has been let on.

throwawayays 4y ago
Tangential… Airtree historically has a pretty poor reputation amongst founders who have taken money off them and amongst angel investors. I don’t have first hand knowledge but at least half a dozen unique second or third hand data points => dodgy tactics even at early stage and can micromanage founders.
- threeseed 4y ago
  Really appreciate you commenting. The worst thing about not being in the US is that there isn't enough public data points about which VCs are good or not. And founders like Manish aren't stupid/drunk enough to ever spill the beans.
- mrjn 4y ago
  Just want to set the record straight here, AirTree folks were incredibly helpful. If offered, I'd take money from them again in a heartbeat.
- avinassh 4y ago
  > Airtree historically has a pretty poor reputation amongst founders who have taken money off them and amongst angel investors. can you share some sources?