00:15.540 --> 00:18.900 Vlad Sherbatov: Evan, tell us about your company Aboard, what 00:18.900 --> 00:22.710 it does and how you help organizations improve their 00:22.740 --> 00:24.030 onboarding process. 00:24.030 --> 00:27.540 Evan Hallward: At A board, we're on a mission, really to make 00:27.600 --> 00:33.060 people operations, less complex and less time consuming. With 00:33.060 --> 00:36.450 the goal of making happier employees, our initial focus 00:36.450 --> 00:39.630 here is new employee onboarding, because that's that first 00:39.930 --> 00:43.710 interaction, that first piece of the employee experience just 00:43.710 --> 00:47.550 after getting the job. So if we can start there, make that 00:47.550 --> 00:51.210 better ,have onboarding be a more positive, organized, and 00:51.210 --> 00:54.870 just enjoyable experience, then a lot more else can follow. 00:59.160 --> 01:01.740 Vlad Sherbatov: How did you guys decide to start this company? 01:01.740 --> 01:01.990 Vlad Sherbatov: Tell us about your path to Entrepreneurship. 01:01.990 --> 01:03.946 Evan Hallward: A board came about through, you know, the a 01:04.008 --> 01:07.406 way that many other companies come about, which is pain 01:07.467 --> 01:11.483 points. So I personally have had that pain point of showing up to 01:11.545 --> 01:15.066 a new job, just there's no onboarding, it's a complete, I 01:15.128 --> 01:19.144 feel lost, no one's really there for me, everything's kind of all 01:19.205 --> 01:23.036 over the place. So that was the pin point as from the employee 01:23.097 --> 01:26.928 perspective, and we had the kind of mission and goal at one of 01:26.989 --> 01:30.017 his past roles, to set up onboarding, and be that 01:30.078 --> 01:33.970 onboarding manager. And he just couldn't find a good tool and a 01:34.032 --> 01:37.739 good kind of resource that he could turn to, to make that an 01:37.801 --> 01:41.693 easier process for him, having never done it before. So between 01:41.755 --> 01:45.400 those two, we sort of came together, Lee and I were working 01:45.461 --> 01:49.168 together. So we came together, put our heads together, start 01:49.230 --> 01:53.060 talking to the people and kind of getting out of the building. 01:53.122 --> 01:56.643 And when he became came to a point where we recognize the 01:56.705 --> 02:00.350 need for a technical partner, someone who knew how to build 02:00.412 --> 02:03.748 and scale digital products, digital teams, engineering 02:03.810 --> 02:07.455 teams, we were very fortunate to find Shawn in the midst of 02:07.516 --> 02:11.408 COVID. And through a number of zoom dates, manage to create and 02:11.470 --> 02:13.880 form this partnership that we now have. 02:21.280 --> 02:24.220 Did you always want to be entrepreneur? Is this your first 02:24.220 --> 02:26.860 time starting a company? Tell us a little bit about that. 02:26.890 --> 02:30.190 Evan Hallward: You know, I think that's something that all three 02:30.220 --> 02:33.820 of us co founders shares, we've always had entrepreneurial 02:33.820 --> 02:38.140 aspirations to want to truly build something from the ground 02:38.140 --> 02:41.020 up with entrepreneurship, you know, it's just this giant 02:41.020 --> 02:43.780 challenge or the series of challenges. And so you're always 02:43.780 --> 02:47.410 kind of overcoming something, hitting an obstacle, overcoming 02:47.410 --> 02:51.130 it, learning so much. I feel like I learn something new every 02:51.130 --> 02:53.290 hour, I've learned something here talking with you, Vlad. 02:57.820 --> 03:00.970 Vlad Sherbatov: When the three of you guys, do you have to use 03:00.970 --> 03:04.420 one of you as the deciding factor, when you don't agree on 03:04.420 --> 03:04.870 something? 03:05.230 --> 03:07.510 Evan Hallward: Y Combinators so you know, a great, great 03:07.960 --> 03:10.510 accelerator out of San Francisco. You know, they say 03:10.510 --> 03:13.390 that thing when the one of the primary reasons your startup 03:13.390 --> 03:16.120 will fail is because the co founders fall apart and the team 03:16.120 --> 03:19.720 falls apart. When it comes to the three of us, myself, Lee and 03:19.720 --> 03:22.990 Shawn, something we're very focused on is being very 03:22.990 --> 03:26.740 communicative about our thoughts, about our feelings, 03:26.770 --> 03:29.710 when there is a disagreement or maybe a lack of alignment, we 03:29.710 --> 03:33.610 don't argue and start, you know, getting mad at each other. It's 03:33.610 --> 03:37.390 really just about coming to a resolution. That number of three 03:37.420 --> 03:41.230 also really works because then you always sort of have that 03:41.230 --> 03:43.660 third person if two people are disagreeing then you sort of 03:43.660 --> 03:45.790 have that third person can step in and I'm not saying it's ever 03:45.790 --> 03:46.780 the the same person. 03:47.050 --> 03:49.090 Vlad Sherbatov: Don't forget to subscribe to the Smarter Loans 03:49.090 --> 03:52.600 YouTube channel for more videos that will help you make smarter 03:52.630 --> 03:53.800 financial decisions.