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About
Lauren Ipsen is the Talent Partner at Decibel, where she helps technical founders recruit early-stage product and engineering talent. She previously worked as an executive recruiter at Daversa Partners, serving high-growth startups including Airbnb, Canva, Discord, Snap, and Twitter, and most recently was a talent partner at General Catalyst focused on seed-stage companies. Her career began in broadcast journalism.
Experience
- Decibel PartnersTalent Partnercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- General CatalystTalent Partner2022 — 2024
- IRLHead of Talent2021 — 2022
- Daversa PartnersExecutive Recruiter2017 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
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Skills & more
PowerPoint10Microsoft Office13Microsoft Word10Microsoft Excel12Customer Service11Social Media16Social Networking7Event Planning8Research6Time Management8Marketing8Leadership17
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TeamworkManagementFrom Lauren's professional profile.
Colleagues at Decibel Partners
Alessio Fanelli
Partner and CTO at Decibel; co-host of the Latent Space podcast
Amy Chang
Founder, Accompany at Decibel Partners
Andrew Peterson
Founder, Signal Sciences at Decibel Partners
Bhaskar Sunkara
Founder, AppDynamics at Decibel Partners
Dan Nguyen-Huu
Partner at Decibel Partners
Dug Song
Founder, Duo Security at Decibel Partners
Jess Leão
Partner at Decibel Partners
Jon Oberheide
Founder, Duo Security at Decibel Partners
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Lauren Ipsen?
- Lauren Ipsen is the Talent Partner at Decibel, where she helps technical founders recruit early-stage product and engineering talent. She previously worked as an executive recruiter at Daversa Partners, serving high-growth startups including Airbnb, Canva, Discord, Snap, and Twitter, and most recently was a talent partner at General Catalyst focused on seed-stage companies. Her career began in broadcast journalism.
- Where does Lauren Ipsen work?
- Lauren Ipsen is Talent Partner at Decibel Partners.
- Where did Lauren Ipsen go to school?
- Lauren Ipsen studied at California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo (Bachelor's degree, Broadcast Journalism); Carondelet High School.
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Also attended California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo216
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Shared employers
Also worked at General Catalyst130
Brad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter CapitalHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystKatherine BoyleGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (American Dynamism)Alexis AbramsPartner, General Counsel at Felicis VenturesAlex TranInvestment Team at General CatalystChris BischoffInvestment Team at General Catalyst
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Also worked at Daversa Partners15
Charlotte HowardInvestor at Index VenturesKandace ElamVice President of GTM Talent at Menlo VenturesAndie ParedesTalent Network at Redpoint VenturesDiana ReyesInvestor at Khosla VenturesMichelle GarlandPartner & CEO at Soul Search at AlleyCorpLeah ScanlanPartner, Talent at Oak HC/FT
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