{"type":"video","version":"1.0","html":"<iframe src=\"https://www.loom.com/embed/b97a81bb41b748839cef1ece9f66f5a4\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe>","height":960,"width":1280,"provider_name":"Loom","provider_url":"https://www.loom.com","thumbnail_height":960,"thumbnail_width":1280,"thumbnail_url":"https://cdn.loom.com/sessions/thumbnails/b97a81bb41b748839cef1ece9f66f5a4-e9ac5e6126f14d81.gif","duration":110.57,"title":"Who is Abdullah Hashemi?","description":"This Loom explains why effective team building matters most for companies and how the speaker helps founders fix hiring processes. Abdullah, a former math prodigy turned recruiter and team builder, shares that his focus shifted to building teams from scratch after realizing the most important company asset is its team. He has built teams at YopWorks from 30 to 120 and gained hyper-competitive hiring experience at Replicant as a Series B AI startup. He now runs a consultancy helping tech startups not only fill roles but also build systems, and he has built a recruitment AI agent to better support founder hiring. He notes that at the founder stage, teams often drown in many roles, lack a process, and lose candidates even to major firms like FANG."}