Jerome Ternynck: The GTM Story of SmartRecruiter ($1.5 Billion Valuation)

In today's episode of Unicorn Builders, we speak with Jerome Ternynck, Founder and CEO of SmartRecruiters, a hiring success platform that's raised $225 Million in funding.

Topics Discussed: 

• Jerome’s background: a family of French entrepreneurs, and working in recruiting in Central and Eastern Europe before the Internet
• Founding a tech company in London in the 2000s, and the tech market changed after 9/11
• What are the people and books that inspired Jerome
• How SmartRecruiters helps companies attract and select the best candidates
• How Jerome dealt with Covid so that, against the industry trend, his bookings went up by 70% in 2020

 

Favorite book: 

Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela