Ville Herva, CEO of BOLT.works: $7 Million Raised to Build the Future of Staffing

In today’s episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Ville Herva, CEO of Finland-based staffing startup BOLT.works, a technology-first staffing solution reshaping the way people find work and get compensated for doing it. Founded in 2017, BOLT.works has risen quickly to a preeminent position for sectors like construction, challenging established industry leaders for a major market share. Starting out with a vision and building out their technology solution from the bottom up, BOLT.works continues to drive change in both their platform and the people they interact with as they prepare to expand into the wider European market. 

Topics Discussed:

• From CTO to CEO, and why Ville's unusual career path made perfect sense for him
• Factfulness and optimism, why we might miss some of the positive stories going on in the world
• How automation can totally transform the pen and paper staffing industry and why BOLT.works had to build the solution themselves
• Why transforming people is biggest challenge in reshaping the industry, and technology is relatively simple by comparison

 

Favorite book: 

Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think