Future of Work: Anoop Gupta of SeekOut, on Driving Enterprise Talent Optimization and the Transition from Big Tech to Startup Founder

<p>Justin Gordon (<a href="https://twitter.com/justingordon212">@justingordon212</a>) talks with Anoop Gupta (<a href="https://twitter.com/anoopxgupta">@anoopxgupta</a>), CEO and Co-Founder of SeekOut, the AI-powered Talent 360 platform. SeekOut provides companies with a comprehensive view of internal employees and external talent with analytics, predictive insights, and action recommendations to provide a competitive advantage in recruiting, retaining and developing their talent base.</p><p>Anoop started <a href="https://seekout.com/">SeekOut</a> after a 20-year career at Microsoft, which began with the acquisition of his first startup, VXtreme, in 1997. During his tenure, Anoop was the Corporate Vice-President of the multibillion-dollar Unified Communications group. He was TA to Bill Gates, advising on technology and product strategy as a Distinguished Scientist at Microsoft Research, leading work on Telepresence and Natural User Interfaces. Prior to Microsoft, Anoop was a tenured professor at Stanford University and he holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University.</p><p>Website: <a href="https://seekout.com/">SeekOut</a></p><p>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/guptaanoop/">linkedin.com/in/guptaanoop</a></p><p>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/anoopxgupta">@anoopxgupta</a></p><p>Show Notes:</p><ul> <li>What <a href="https://seekout.com/">SeekOut</a> is and their incredible growth, including 3X-ing their revenue over the last year</li> <li>Anoop’s journey from professor at Stanford, to a 20 year career at Microsoft, to startup founder</li> <li>How founding a series of other companies and the resulting pivots led Anoop and his team to start SeekOut</li> <li>How their company has evolved to focus on retention and the digital transformation during COVID</li> <li>How SeekOut’s recruitment platform is helping companies put DEI into action </li> <li>How they’ve approached the in-person versus virtual work question as a high growth company</li> <li>How SeekOut is investing