Bjørn Andersen

I have been working in recruitment for a looong time. I started when recruitment was much more corporate and a generic structure – recruitment agencies were experts in recruitment, but rarely knew anything about specific verticals and culture in hiring, especially in startups…

Later most recruitment agencies became more specialized and focused on hiring particular roles, offering specialist recruiters only hiring .net developers, og java developers, or marketing roles etc.

I’ve tried both and honestly – it just didn’t feel right.

First of all, most jobs can feel very, very different depending on the setting. Is it in a global corporation? Government? Or is it in a startup or a scaleup? Secondly – if a recruiter only focuses on one thing, it’s challenging to comprehend the dynamics of an agile team in a startup. You tend to know a lot about i.e., engineering. Still, you know very little about product management, or sales, or design etc.….

I started Advenio 8 years ago, and I quickly found out that working with startups is unique from anything else – and I also found out that I was curious about how you actually build a startup. Not “just” hiring a developer or a designer – but how to build a kick-ass team, which can put a serious dent in the world.

That’s why Advenio is neither generic nor specialized in one specific role – our specialization is in startups, scaleups, and transformational teams (somewhere between a startup and a corporate entity). We could call it a vertical – but that vertical doesn’t exist as such.

I love working with startups, scaleups, and transformational teams – not only because it is exciting, but because I’ve been fortunate to work with some of the most creative, dynamic and groundbreaking companies around; from building entire teams for companies such as Citrix in DK and US to building sales teams across Europe establishing new markets, founding teams for Rainmaking and being an enabler for startups to achieve their objectives – i.e. building product or closing an A round.

It’s an incredibly versatile environment – sometimes frustrating but mostly awesome, giving me a chance to work with some of the most gifted and successful founders and talents around.

And that is what makes us different – we love startups, and startups (or that is what they say at least) loves us.

We have got tons of stories to share – if you’re interested in learning more about how we can help you reach your next milestone, whether it’s building a product or hitting your sales targets, so you can close your next funding round, we’re always up for a coffee or a call.