We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Brianna Carney a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Alright, Brianna thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. How did you find your key vendor or vendors? Maybe you can share the backstory and share some context and the relevant details to help us understand why you chose them, why they chose you, etc.

Implementing a vendor selection workflow was critical to ensure my team was empowered to vet and select the most valuable vendors. It’s important to select key vendors not only based on the features or key technical requirements but also consider how responsive their support teams are and how well they align with your company’s core values. After a new tool or vendor is selected the implementation, evaluation, and ongoing audits are just as important as selecting the right tool. We’re not empowered by our tech stack and vendors, rather we’re dependent on them. We have to play an active role to ensure that we are maximizing the investment of each vendor we onboard.

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?

I co-founded CrewBloom over seven years ago. We connect the top 2% of remote, global talent with growing companies. Today we have contractors logging in from 23 countries and are very focused on a stealth project building some predictive outbound AI languages.

When I’m not working on my cofounder and my visions for the company I enjoy running, playing with my dog Lucy, and volunteering with the Special Olympics Figure Skating program.

One fun fact about me is that last year I became the first diabetic to complete a full marathon on all seven continents. I feel very fortunate to travel often, to love what I do each day, and feel so lucky to work alongside my team.

Learning and unlearning are both critical parts of growth – can you share a story of a time when you had to unlearn a lesson?

I had to unlearn when human attachment was healthy and when it was not. As a young founder who feels very passionately about what we’re building and who I get to build it with, it was very, very challenging for me personally to keep professional and personal boundaries clear. Accepting that not all people are meant to be in your life forever was not easy for me.

As I matured as a founder, I got thicker skin and learned to accept that it’s just as beautiful to share a short period of time with someone who had a significant impact on your company as it is to share a longer period of time with someone. I’ve found sincere gratitude for every brilliant human whom we’ve had the privilege of building, learning, and growing alongside in this radical journey.

What do you think helped you build your reputation within your market?

Human centricity has helped us secure our brand reputation in particular among top talent. We not only obsess over radically scaling the companies we work with but also connecting top talent with jobs they enjoy. We have to value people over profit and lead by example. Founders and the ecosystem have a bad reputation, my team truly wakes up each day and works feverishly to build something for the greater good of humanity which has had a residual impact on our brand’s reputation.

On a personal level, I believe karma is real, and doing good business always breeds the best results.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.crewbloom.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crewbloom/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/crewbloom
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianna-carney-crewbloom/

Image Credits
One photo is of our leadership team building in Bali last year. One is a contractor at a resort celebrating their two-year work anniversary.