When (now) two-year-broken-down startup Zenefits was banned in Utah because it offered its HR management software for free,CEO and co-founder Parker Conrad felt upset, anxious, and scared. particularly because it was a B2B company with a much smaller supporter base: "If you're Uber or Lyft,then you bear this built-in constituency using the service and millions of people to complain and go to the mat for you... But man, we effect HR software. That's totally unsexy. No one's even going to pay attention to this, or ” he says. In this episode of the a16z Podcast,Conrad shares how Zenefits went from being banned in Utah to the state reversing the ban. MORE
Source: a16z.com