E971 The Next Unicorns, E1: Checkr CEO Daniel Yanisse built 1st background check API, 10k+ customers
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The Next Unicorns: Checkr CEO & Co-founder Daniel Yanisse built the first API for background checks, shares insights on scaling to 10,000+ customers, bringing transparency & fairness to hiring, growth v. profitability, the future of gig economy & the changing role of the modern tech CEO - E1 of 10-ep miniseries 0:50 Jason introduces The Next Unicorns 3:30 Founding Checkr through the gig economy 4:28 Creating the first API for background checks 13:09 Solving the "False Positive" issue in background checks 15:10 Are gig economy companies doing enough in their vetting process? 19:07 Parsing felo…