In this interview, Aleks Shamis, Managing Partner @ s16vc and a 4x product founder, discusses all things advising with Davit Baghdasaryan, CEO and Co-founder @ Krisp. Before starting Krisp, Davit was Head of Product Security at Twilio, where he led product security for all product lines. Krisp is a pioneer in the AI-powered noise-canceling category; the solution currently serves 2k+ B2B customers. Davit started working with advisors early in Krisp’s journey and, through trial and error, by its Series A, has figured out answers to FAQs around advising.

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What’s covered:

• How did you come to advising and engage your first advisor?
• How do you measure the effectiveness of advising?
• How do you make your advisory engagements effective?
• Is there any other way to find a great advisor besides referrals?
• How come mismatches don’t deter you from continuing to engage with advisors?
• What is your ideal advisor profile?
• Can investors, friends, or Reforge courses replace formal advisors? Are there teams that don’t need an advisor?
• Have you worked with coaches?