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CRV specializes in early-stage seed and Series A startups. We've invested in over 750 companies including DoorDash, Mercury and Vercel.

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CRV @CRV Oct 14

CRV's first episode of Risk Takers with Anuj Kothari, @mercor's first SPL, now a GM on the Operations Team.

Enjoy!

Timestamps:
0:00: Intro
0:25: Bellarmine, speech & debate, and quiz bowl
3:23: Debate as Mercor’s hiring pipeline
4:37: Skipping the pre-professional path at Penn
5:38: On poker and building a risk appetite
7:55: From a big-tech PM role to Mercor
10:02: The one-week work trial
12:52: Why the Mercor pitch resonated
14:58: Scaling culture from 6 to ~600 people
17:57: How his role has evolved
20:47: The state of the data market
25:15: Lightning round
27:40: Mercor’s 10-year vision

@verorellana02 @nadineifattah

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CRV @CRV Oct 14

4/ The future of the data market: Where the market is headed, and why growing enterprise demand could drive the next wave of growth.

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CRV Verified account @CRV Oct 14

CRV's first episode of Risk Takers with Anuj Kothari, @mercor's first SPL, now a GM on the Operations Team.

Enjoy!

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:25 Bellarmine, speech & debate, and quiz bowl
3:23 Debate as Mercor’s hiring pipeline
4:37 Skipping the pre-professional path at Penn
5:38 Poker and building a risk appetite
7:55 From a big-tech PM plan to Mercor
10:02 The one-week work trial
12:52 Why the pitch resonated
14:58 Scaling culture from 6 to ~600 people
17:57 How his role has evolved
20:47 The state of the AI data market
25:15 Lightning round
27:40 Mercor’s 10-year vision

@verorellana02 @nadineifattah

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CRV @CRV Oct 14

3/ Scaling culture and values: How Mercor grew from 6 to nearly 600 people in two years, and why treating hiring as a science has been key to preserving its culture along the way.

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CRV Verified account @CRV Oct 14

CRV's first episode of Risk Takers with Anuj Kothari, @mercor's first SPL, now a GM on the Operations Team.

Enjoy!

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:25 Bellarmine, speech & debate, and quiz bowl
3:23 Debate as Mercor’s hiring pipeline
4:37 Skipping the pre-professional path at Penn
5:38 Poker and building a risk appetite
7:55 From a big-tech PM plan to Mercor
10:02 The one-week work trial
12:52 Why the pitch resonated
14:58 Scaling culture from 6 to ~600 people
17:57 How his role has evolved
20:47 The state of the AI data market
25:15 Lightning round
27:40 Mercor’s 10-year vision

@verorellana02 @nadineifattah

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CRV @CRV Oct 14

2/ The speech and debate hiring signal: Why speech and debate has become a talent pipeline for Mercor, and what the circuit reveals about someone's ability to think critically, work as a team, and perform under pressure.

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CRV Verified account @CRV Oct 14

CRV's first episode of Risk Takers with Anuj Kothari, @mercor's first SPL, now a GM on the Operations Team.

Enjoy!

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:25 Bellarmine, speech & debate, and quiz bowl
3:23 Debate as Mercor’s hiring pipeline
4:37 Skipping the pre-professional path at Penn
5:38 Poker and building a risk appetite
7:55 From a big-tech PM plan to Mercor
10:02 The one-week work trial
12:52 Why the pitch resonated
14:58 Scaling culture from 6 to ~600 people
17:57 How his role has evolved
20:47 The state of the AI data market
25:15 Lightning round
27:40 Mercor’s 10-year vision

@verorellana02 @nadineifattah

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CRV @CRV Oct 14

1/ Lessons from poker: How playing poker at Penn shaped Anuj’s appetite for risk, taught him to focus on process over outcomes, and ultimately influenced his decision to take a chance on Mercor.

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CRV Verified account @CRV Oct 14

CRV's first episode of Risk Takers with Anuj Kothari, @mercor's first SPL, now a GM on the Operations Team.

Enjoy!

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:25 Bellarmine, speech & debate, and quiz bowl
3:23 Debate as Mercor’s hiring pipeline
4:37 Skipping the pre-professional path at Penn
5:38 Poker and building a risk appetite
7:55 From a big-tech PM plan to Mercor
10:02 The one-week work trial
12:52 Why the pitch resonated
14:58 Scaling culture from 6 to ~600 people
17:57 How his role has evolved
20:47 The state of the AI data market
25:15 Lightning round
27:40 Mercor’s 10-year vision

@verorellana02 @nadineifattah

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