I spent the last year talking to partners at most major VC funds and hundreds of founders across NYC/SF. The conversation is always the same. The #1# bottleneck for founders today is ... talent. Startups are having trouble finding top engineers, heads of growth, marketers, salespeople, and more. Because these people aren't spending their time scraping job boards or scrolling LinkedIn. They're heads down at their company – building ... and the best way to reach them is through someone they trust. So, a year ago, we started building the event format we wish existed: @TheShortlistNYC Founder Showcase. 100 operators in the room. 6 founders on stage, their only job is to convince the people in the audience to work for them. Last week, the co-founder of a billion-dollar company, Yext, (NYSE: YEXT), even brought $5,000 in cash to convince founders to pitch him on the spot. Thank you to our founders for putting on an awesome show! – @reganjayne_ from @rediemco – @bdistel – previously cofounded @yext, now @trywindmill – @0thernet raised $28m to build @zocomputer – building personal cloud infra – @ndrewpignanelli raised $10m to build @intelligenceco – the infrastructure for fully autonomous businesses – @akashmagoon just closed his Series C for @AdonisRcm – Daniel Kahn raised $7m for Sparrow to help financial institutions build personalized digital relationships The companies that win the next decade will be the ones who can hire the best talent. And if you're hiring or you're the kind of person founders want to hire, you'll want to be at our next event. Follow @TheShortlistNYC for more.