Jake Flohr

Co-Founder & COO - V3 Talent Partners - Recruiting for top VC backed startups Awesome Wife, Beautiful Daughter & Son ❤️

[Jake Flohr @JakeFlohr]

@Yea_imChido Pain 😢

[Adam Draper ⏻ @AdamDraper]

People keep saying "@Moltbook , that must have been your fastest exit ever."

10 years to an overnight success :)

Worth every day. We have loved working with @MattPRD for more than a decade. And today he gets to start the next chapter of his story at Meta.

@BoostVC is proud to have been an investor.

Cheers to you Matt, You are a Cockroach!

[Brian Armstrong @brian_armstrong]

Some of our best hires were totally unqualified on paper.

They always had the same qualities: entrepreneurial, high agency, smart, mission aligned, and they got shit done.

If you’re hiring, especially in early stages, seek out & bet on these people. Don’t over-index on resumes.

[Jake Flohr @JakeFlohr]

POST IT AGAIN 🇺🇸🥇

[Team Canada @TeamCanada]

Silver shines just as bright ❤️

[Celeste Amadon @Celesteamadon]

Known is finally live on the App Store.

San Francisco feels a little different this morning.

For the past few months, we’ve been building a new kind of dating platform for the post-swipe era. 
Known is intentional, designed to get people on real dates.

Love is coming.

[Jake Flohr @JakeFlohr]

@Celesteamadon Known is a game changer! Congrats on the launch!

[Jake Flohr @JakeFlohr]

This is a legitimate question, especially considering $

[IKE Packers Podcast @IKE_Packers]

Malik Willis DOUBLE PUMP to Bo Melton

Then he runs it in for another TD

Is he a more capable footballer than 10?

[Jake Flohr @JakeFlohr]

Absolutely. In today’s market, candidates have options, and the interview experience itself has become the deciding factor for many.

When you tailor the process to each person, you’re showing how you’ll actually treat them as a team member. It’s a preview of your culture

[bryan schreier @schreier]

Founder Q: how do we improve our hiring and close rate in this crazy talent war? A: Think of hiring as you would optimizing your web/app signup funnel. Every interaction should be crafted and optimized (from the first outreach to the final close). It should be as personalized as possible. Look at every step, every piece of content, every interaction, and every conversion metric, and optimize accordingly. Then, start again. The only shortcut is huge, public, measurable success - but even that comes and goes, so you need to nail your process.

[bryan schreier @schreier]

Founder Q: how do we improve our hiring and close rate in this crazy talent war? A: Think of hiring as you would optimizing your web/app signup funnel. Every interaction should be crafted and optimized (from the first outreach to the final close). It should be as personalized as possible. Look at every step, every piece of content, every interaction, and every conversion metric, and optimize accordingly. Then, start again. The only shortcut is huge, public, measurable success - but even that comes and goes, so you need to nail your process.

[Adam Guild @adamguild]

I’m feeling blessed to share: Owner raised $120M Series C and is now at a $1B valuation 🦄

Mom-and-pop restaurant owners are being crushed by huge corporations.

We’re using this cash to arm them to fight back.

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This round was co-led by 2 perfect partners for us:

Alex Kurland from Meritech, who led DoorDash’s Series B, and Shalini Rao from Headline, who led Toast’s Series C.

They were also joined by an inspiring group of new investors: Fidji Simo (CEO Instacart), Jonathan Neman (CEO Sweetgreen), Garrett Langley (CEO Flock Safety).

& still more inspiring new investors...

Dharmesh Shah (CTO HubSpot), Josh Reeves (CEO Gusto), Shaan Puri (MFM), Matteo Franceschetti (CEO Eight Sleep), Anthony Pompliano, Sahil Bloom, Christina Cacioppo (CEO Vanta), Brett Schulman (CEO Cava), Matt Maloney (Founder & CEO GrubHub).

… just to name a few. :)

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Today, technology is being weaponized against small business owners.

Corporations like Domino’s dominate. Why?

Because they spend billions on tech, engineers, and marketers.

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Small business owners are forced to compete with corporations that have massive war chests.

But with Owner, they can do more than compete. They can win.

We’re building the platform that gives them the power.

We serve the people who serve our communities.

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I started Owner 7 years ago, after dropping out of high school halfway through 10th grade.

The first version of Owner wasn’t built for venture capital.

It was built for my mom.

She’s a small business owner who just needed a shot at success in the digital world.

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I remember watching her worry that we’d lose her business and our house. In a moment of desperation, she asked her weird :) nerdy 17-year-old son to help her.

I built a solution for her. That was Owner V1. When it started to work, I saw my mom transform.

She went from being constantly stressed about money to feeling hopeful and excited about her future.

The Owner team has now seen that same transformation happen for thousands of small business owners like her.

That’s what drives us.

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You can think of Owner as Shopify for restaurants—and, eventually, all local business owners. It gives them everything they need to succeed in the online future, in one place.

Owner is their website, online ordering, mobile app, CRM. It all works together as one system.

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Owner is also continuously optimized with what we learn from the thousands of restaurants and the more than 57 million consumers who have used our platform.

It’s the only system designed for one outcome: growing sales profitably.

It gives independent owners enough firepower to take on the big corporations, and win.

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Shoutout to the great team at @Owner —

You deserve the credit for getting us here.

I thank God every morning that I get to build Owner with each of you. We wouldn’t be here without you.

We have a special team. Each of you represents greatness.

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And shoutout to the best cofounder and CTO I could ever ask for, @DeanBloembergen.

His work ethic and genius are as impressive as his character.

I view partnering with Dean as one of the best decisions I’ve ever made.

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I’m proud of Owner today.

But I also feel scared that people will see our unicorn valuation and think “we’ve made it.”

So let me be brutally clear. We HAVE NOT made it.

And if we start to believe we have, we never will.

When investors value us at $1B, it’s because they see potential.

Our investors see the POTENTIAL for us to build a company worth tens of billions.

We have to prove them right.

And we must also prove right the thousands of restaurant owners who’ve bet their futures on us.

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We’re still underdogs. We still have a long way to go.

We didn’t come this far just to come this far.

It’s time to move faster, build better, and fight harder!

We have millions of small business owners counting on us.

[Jake Flohr @JakeFlohr]

Elite level tweet

[Annie Agar @AnnieAgar]

Chicago produced a Pope before a QB who throws for 4000 yards.

[Jake Flohr @JakeFlohr]

HERE WE STAY @AhmadMonk !! 👑👑

@SacramentoKings 📈📈📈

[Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespn]

ESPN Sources: Free agent G Malik Monk intends to sign a four-year, $78 million deal — including a player option — to return to the Sacramento Kings. Monk had career-bests of 15 points and five assists on his way to the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year runner-up.

[Jake Flohr @JakeFlohr]

@corey_pigott @v3talentpartner @Jvanvee @jpmtahoe 🙏

[V3 Talent Partners @v3talentpartner]

At V3, we're witnessing an increased demand for recruiting agency services from early-stage startups (Seed-A). These companies are gearing for upcoming fundraises and aiming to hire 1-3 strategic individuals, including an executive who can make a strong impression… (1/6)

[Jake Flohr @JakeFlohr]

So proud of Sly Spencer-Lee, @ICastroGarcia, and the Emerge team and their game-changing partnership with Disney!

#DisneyEmergePartnership #Disney #Partnership #Communication #Touch #Emotion #HumanConnection #FeelConnected #EmotionAI #AI #Privacy https://t.co/Mmm0pswbqa

[Jake Flohr @JakeFlohr]

@CarmichaelDave Not accurate. Game 6 2002 is still “too soon” for many of us to talk about

[Jake Flohr @JakeFlohr]

Raise your hand if you FaceTimed with your best friend after this @SacramentoKings Win! 🙋‍♂️

[Jake Flohr @JakeFlohr]

The market is tough for everyone right now, but I’m here to help.

Anything from submitting to one of our clients to introducing to someone in my network to resume review.

My door is always open

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

The market is absolutely brutal for job seekers.

Have you checked out a job posting on LinkedIn lately?

It feels like every job has "over 200 applicants."

[Jake Flohr @JakeFlohr]

Social karma: the secret currency that changes lives!

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