Meeting Title: Brainforge New Hire Orientation Date: 2026-03-24 Meeting participants: Kaela Gallagher, Jorrel Sto. Tomas
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1 00:11:51.150 ⇒ 00:11:52.260 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: Hi, Kayla.
2 00:11:53.150 ⇒ 00:11:54.900 Kaela Gallagher: Hey, Jarrell, how’s it going?
3 00:11:55.360 ⇒ 00:11:59.209 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: Good! How are you? We met last time at the happy hour.
4 00:11:59.210 ⇒ 00:12:01.440 Kaela Gallagher: The happy hour! Yes, somewhere!
5 00:12:01.440 ⇒ 00:12:01.910 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: Yeah.
6 00:12:01.910 ⇒ 00:12:04.819 Kaela Gallagher: A couple months ago. It’s great to see you on the team now.
7 00:12:05.250 ⇒ 00:12:12.250 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: Yeah, yeah, I, I wasn’t… I wasn’t really expecting to do anything with Brainforge for a while, I was just,
8 00:12:12.560 ⇒ 00:12:21.859 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: like, you know, if Robert needed something, I was like, I’ll help you, like… but he was just like, yo, like, we’re trying to sell, sell, and I was like, okay, well, like…
9 00:12:22.020 ⇒ 00:12:32.650 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: shoot, I have people to sell to, so I’m more than happy to dive in. Let’s see what we can do. Amazing.
10 00:12:32.890 ⇒ 00:12:33.680 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: Yup.
11 00:12:34.000 ⇒ 00:12:35.149 Kaela Gallagher: Yeah, we’re excited to have you.
12 00:12:35.150 ⇒ 00:12:35.820 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: Yep.
13 00:12:36.060 ⇒ 00:12:40.759 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: Yeah, but how are you? How’s, how’s, like, I think when I say the happy hour, you…
14 00:12:40.910 ⇒ 00:12:44.009 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: You’d only been with Brainforge not that long, right?
15 00:12:44.060 ⇒ 00:12:45.719 Kaela Gallagher: I hadn’t even started, actually.
16 00:12:45.720 ⇒ 00:12:46.940 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: You hadn’t even started yet?
17 00:12:46.940 ⇒ 00:12:48.230 Kaela Gallagher: Yeah, that was almost, like.
18 00:12:48.230 ⇒ 00:12:48.630 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: Dude!
19 00:12:48.630 ⇒ 00:12:55.000 Kaela Gallagher: an interview, in a way. So, I just started probably, like, a month ago.
20 00:12:55.640 ⇒ 00:12:56.690 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: Okay, cool. Sick.
21 00:12:56.690 ⇒ 00:12:57.650 Kaela Gallagher: Yeah, yeah.
22 00:12:57.650 ⇒ 00:13:04.609 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: Damn, okay. I just assumed you were already working with… with… I just assumed you were already working with… with, Robert by that time. Okay.
23 00:13:04.610 ⇒ 00:13:12.010 Kaela Gallagher: No, yeah. I mean, I know Robert from, like, the program that we did in college, so that’s how we got connected, originally, but…
24 00:13:13.430 ⇒ 00:13:24.590 Kaela Gallagher: Yeah, it’s been a month. I’m leading, like, our people in recruiting efforts, so, I wanted to just do a quick, like, orientation with you. I know you’re on a trial, and,
25 00:13:25.080 ⇒ 00:13:39.679 Kaela Gallagher: you already know a ton about Brainforge, so some of this might be, like, information that you already know, but I can just run you through our deck really quickly, and then if you have any questions, like, let me know.
26 00:13:39.850 ⇒ 00:13:54.859 Kaela Gallagher: Yeah, yeah. Okay, cool. So, yeah, we’ll just introduce you to Brainforge, kind of some of our, like, tooling, and then, just ensure that you’re set up for success. I know you just got off the call with Robert, and he walked you through kind of a game plan, but,
27 00:13:55.150 ⇒ 00:14:05.360 Kaela Gallagher: just the mission of Brainforge is to help turn chaos into clarity with our data and AI offerings, driving faster, smarter decisions.
28 00:14:05.480 ⇒ 00:14:22.669 Kaela Gallagher: Our vision is that everybody eats, we share success, we also operate like giants, think big, execute with excellence, and then also give back and pay forward, so, creating a culture of, you know, sharing knowledge and growth and development within the company.
29 00:14:23.020 ⇒ 00:14:40.500 Kaela Gallagher: And in terms of what we do, so, we have, like, our data team, data platform and analytics, we have an AI team, an AI service line, and then we also have, like, a strategy and analytics line, which is a little bit newer for us. So those are kind of the three, like.
30 00:14:40.600 ⇒ 00:14:44.140 Kaela Gallagher: Service lines that we’re able to offer our clients.
31 00:14:45.710 ⇒ 00:14:58.459 Kaela Gallagher: This, honestly, might have changed, and maybe you can help me, update this, but, a lot of, like, directors and heads of data and analytics are targets for us, and, like, partners to us.
32 00:14:58.460 ⇒ 00:15:05.819 Kaela Gallagher: Like, also founders and division leaders at mid-sized companies, so mostly small to mid-org-sized organizations, but…
33 00:15:05.890 ⇒ 00:15:16.570 Kaela Gallagher: We also work with, like, Element, which is huge, and then Target, and, like, Magic Spoon, which is the same thing, so, some bigger brands, a lot of the CPG brands.
34 00:15:19.020 ⇒ 00:15:35.719 Kaela Gallagher: In terms of execution, I’m sure you’re familiar with these, like, terms already, OKRs. You’ll be assigned, like, certain, OKRs to hit, and you’ll also have an AOR, so you’ll, you know, be on the go-to-market side of things.
35 00:15:36.320 ⇒ 00:15:41.110 Kaela Gallagher: On calls, we have our camera on, and…
36 00:15:41.950 ⇒ 00:15:51.200 Kaela Gallagher: we do most things remote async. We’re trying to focus on, like, less meetings, less time in meetings, and more time, you know, working.
37 00:15:52.480 ⇒ 00:16:05.279 Kaela Gallagher: In terms of the tools that you’ll be using, this is, like, kind of our current stack, and I’ll, like, run through each of these in… in a second. Oh, this needs to be updated. We’re using Cursor now.
38 00:16:05.580 ⇒ 00:16:07.660 Kaela Gallagher: We’ll go through that in a second.
39 00:16:08.120 ⇒ 00:16:26.059 Kaela Gallagher: We have a net 30 payment schedule, so if you do stay on after the trial period, this is how our payments are set up, basically paying you for the month within 30 days of the month coming to a close. Any questions related to anything finance-related, we do have an email that you can reach out to as well.
40 00:16:27.020 ⇒ 00:16:30.050 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: Okay, yeah. Yeah, in the terms, that’s pretty clear, yeah.
41 00:16:30.050 ⇒ 00:16:30.560 Kaela Gallagher: Yeah.
42 00:16:31.090 ⇒ 00:16:36.190 Kaela Gallagher: I don’t think we’re gonna have you log hours to start, but eventually this.
43 00:16:36.190 ⇒ 00:16:39.640 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: No, I mean, I’m fully commission-based, so…
44 00:16:39.640 ⇒ 00:16:39.980 Kaela Gallagher: Yeah.
45 00:16:39.980 ⇒ 00:16:43.000 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: It’s… yeah, talking to Robert, like.
46 00:16:43.440 ⇒ 00:16:53.090 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: Like, whatever gets the deal, right? Yes. So I don’t think I’ll be using Clockify, and then…
47 00:16:53.280 ⇒ 00:16:53.839 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: If we…
48 00:16:53.840 ⇒ 00:17:00.340 Kaela Gallagher: I do have you use it in the future. We have, like, this little, tutorial link we can send you, and it’s pretty easy to use.
49 00:17:00.820 ⇒ 00:17:01.860 Kaela Gallagher: Yeah.
50 00:17:01.860 ⇒ 00:17:02.580 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: Sounds good.
51 00:17:03.040 ⇒ 00:17:18.099 Kaela Gallagher: Also, if you need any, like, content for your LinkedIn, we have these, like, background banners if you want to, you know, make any posts or updates, Hannah’s a great person to partner with for that. I’m sure you’re… you’ve already met her, or you’re meeting her soon.
52 00:17:18.109 ⇒ 00:17:18.599 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: Yeah.
53 00:17:19.009 ⇒ 00:17:19.789 Kaela Gallagher: Cool.
54 00:17:19.790 ⇒ 00:17:20.540 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: Oh.
55 00:17:20.540 ⇒ 00:17:21.060 Kaela Gallagher: Sign side.
56 00:17:21.069 ⇒ 00:17:30.049 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: One thing on the LinkedIn side, Robert mentioned, so I’ll… I’m gonna be getting Sales Navigator, so is there, like, a reimbursement process that we.
57 00:17:30.050 ⇒ 00:17:30.670 Kaela Gallagher: Have you replaced.
58 00:17:30.670 ⇒ 00:17:32.150 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: Right now, or not yet?
59 00:17:32.150 ⇒ 00:17:44.359 Kaela Gallagher: We will be adding you under, like, a company account that we have. So I think Rico will be asking for whatever email your LinkedIn is connected to, and when he adds your email, it’ll, like.
60 00:17:44.570 ⇒ 00:17:46.939 Kaela Gallagher: Populate your account as having access.
61 00:17:46.940 ⇒ 00:17:47.280 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: Beaut.
62 00:17:47.630 ⇒ 00:17:48.260 Kaela Gallagher: Yeah.
63 00:17:48.260 ⇒ 00:17:48.830 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: Okay.
64 00:17:48.830 ⇒ 00:17:52.799 Kaela Gallagher: If you haven’t gotten access to that yet…
65 00:17:54.660 ⇒ 00:17:56.699 Kaela Gallagher: I will have Rico do that soon.
66 00:17:58.830 ⇒ 00:18:03.100 Kaela Gallagher: Okay. I also need to get access to that, so thank you for reminding me.
67 00:18:04.350 ⇒ 00:18:08.840 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: Oh, great. You’re gonna be selling too? No, or is it the recruitment side?
68 00:18:08.840 ⇒ 00:18:11.030 Kaela Gallagher: I’m gonna use it for recruiting, yeah.
69 00:18:13.260 ⇒ 00:18:23.019 Kaela Gallagher: Cool. And then, we do have team meetings every other Friday, so I’ll add you to the calendar invite for these, but we just have, like, a retro, we have…
70 00:18:23.020 ⇒ 00:18:24.419 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: What time is that usually?
71 00:18:24.680 ⇒ 00:18:30.580 Kaela Gallagher: It is at… 10 a.m. PST.
72 00:18:30.580 ⇒ 00:18:38.509 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: Perfect, okay. Yeah, I have… I have, like, other meetings spread out through the day, so that’s why I want to make sure I can… I can make it, yep.
73 00:18:38.510 ⇒ 00:18:52.420 Kaela Gallagher: Okay, cool. Yeah, it’s usually just bi-weekly. We have a different host every time to kind of, like, keep it interesting, and every department is able to just give, like, a quick update. Usually on the people in recruitment side, I have something new to roll out, so, you’ll get a slide
74 00:18:52.820 ⇒ 00:19:01.930 Kaela Gallagher: For, like, as part of that presentation every other week, and you can just give any, like, new updates, exciting news about what might be coming through the pipeline.
75 00:19:02.540 ⇒ 00:19:03.160 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: Okay.
76 00:19:04.100 ⇒ 00:19:04.690 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: Cool.
77 00:19:04.900 ⇒ 00:19:16.999 Kaela Gallagher: Yeah, we don’t have one this Friday, so the next one will be next week, and I can send over the slide deck to you, and if you have any questions about, like, what you should prepare, we can go through that next week.
78 00:19:17.000 ⇒ 00:19:17.520 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: Yeah.
79 00:19:18.000 ⇒ 00:19:19.510 Kaela Gallagher: Okay, cool.
80 00:19:19.760 ⇒ 00:19:23.869 Kaela Gallagher: Okay, so in terms of tooling, were you able to get into Notion?
81 00:19:24.180 ⇒ 00:19:27.839 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: Yes, that was the first thing I got into, because I’ve been reading everything, so…
82 00:19:27.840 ⇒ 00:19:39.259 Kaela Gallagher: Yes, okay, perfect. There’s, like, so much, so many resources. We’ve done a pretty good job of, like, documenting processes in there, so, yeah, a lot of good info if you have any questions.
83 00:19:39.350 ⇒ 00:19:48.820 Kaela Gallagher: Let me know, and if you have questions in general, like, when I first started, I would just go into Notion and start searching, and usually an answer would populate, so…
84 00:19:48.820 ⇒ 00:19:49.460 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: Yeah.
85 00:19:49.460 ⇒ 00:19:55.450 Kaela Gallagher: Awesome. And then Cursor, has Brielle reached out to you yet?
86 00:19:55.470 ⇒ 00:20:04.580 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: Yeah, I’ll be talking to him tomorrow. Okay. Yeah, Brio, yeah, he messaged me, like, it was, like, 10 PM his time. But yeah, we’re…
87 00:20:04.690 ⇒ 00:20:06.600 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: Let me see what I’m…
88 00:20:08.780 ⇒ 00:20:14.040 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: He has not booked a time yet, but he’ll… yeah, he messaged me. We’ll find a time tomorrow.
89 00:20:14.330 ⇒ 00:20:28.030 Kaela Gallagher: Perfect. Braille is, one of our team members located in the Philippines. He works directly with Utam on a lot of, like, AI enablement and, like, internal, tooling. He basically, like.
90 00:20:28.390 ⇒ 00:20:35.819 Kaela Gallagher: eliminated our need for project managers and, like, automated a ton of that kind of stuff. So, like, a really great resource, if you need any.
91 00:20:35.820 ⇒ 00:20:38.420 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: Yeah, he’s from… he’s from my hometown, so…
92 00:20:38.660 ⇒ 00:20:39.290 Kaela Gallagher: Oh, awesome!
93 00:20:39.290 ⇒ 00:20:42.109 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: Then he told me he’s from my hometown of the Philippines, so…
94 00:20:42.150 ⇒ 00:20:46.360 Kaela Gallagher: Oh, that’s crazy! How cool! Okay, awesome.
95 00:20:46.360 ⇒ 00:20:49.189 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: So I have a lot to talk to him about tomorrow, so we’ll…
96 00:20:49.190 ⇒ 00:20:52.359 Kaela Gallagher: Okay, I’m so excited for you guys to meet then. Awesome!
97 00:20:52.520 ⇒ 00:20:58.969 Kaela Gallagher: Cool, and then Slack, I know you’re already on there. Linear, were you able to access Linear?
98 00:20:58.970 ⇒ 00:21:00.569 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: Yes, I have access.
99 00:21:00.950 ⇒ 00:21:05.539 Kaela Gallagher: Perfect. Have you taken a look at, like, our Brainforge platform yet?
100 00:21:06.150 ⇒ 00:21:18.360 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: Yes, but I don’t have the right API keys set up yet, so I think Brill… I’ll probably go through with it with Brill tomorrow to make sure, because I don’t have Supabase keys, I don’t have, all of that.
101 00:21:18.840 ⇒ 00:21:19.320 Kaela Gallagher: Yes.
102 00:21:19.320 ⇒ 00:21:19.660 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: So…
103 00:21:19.660 ⇒ 00:21:20.250 Kaela Gallagher: Okay.
104 00:21:20.250 ⇒ 00:21:21.880 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: I’m sure he’ll set it up tomorrow.
105 00:21:22.080 ⇒ 00:21:28.500 Kaela Gallagher: Yes. He can definitely help with that side of things. We also have, like, a web…
106 00:21:28.660 ⇒ 00:21:42.559 Kaela Gallagher: where is it? A web version of the platform, so you can see, like, your personal dashboard, you can go into, like, all the meetings that you’ve had, pull up transcripts, recordings, it gives, like, a score.
107 00:21:42.560 ⇒ 00:21:43.820 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: Oh, nice, so there’s a, there’s a…
108 00:21:43.820 ⇒ 00:21:46.000 Kaela Gallagher: And… Yes.
109 00:21:46.000 ⇒ 00:21:48.909 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: Actual, URL, nice.
110 00:21:48.910 ⇒ 00:21:49.420 Kaela Gallagher: So, yeah.
111 00:21:49.420 ⇒ 00:21:50.430 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: easier.
112 00:21:50.430 ⇒ 00:21:53.020 Kaela Gallagher: Platform.brainforge.ai.
113 00:21:54.740 ⇒ 00:22:02.140 Kaela Gallagher: And there’s, like, different agents that are, like, built into here, and, just some, like, cool features, so yeah, I would recommend just playing around with that.
114 00:22:03.700 ⇒ 00:22:06.020 Kaela Gallagher: Cool.
115 00:22:06.670 ⇒ 00:22:19.589 Kaela Gallagher: I think those are kind of, like, the main tools that we’re gonna be getting you set up on, and then usually I run through, like, your kind of plan for week one, day one, but I know Robert already went through that with you, so,
116 00:22:19.870 ⇒ 00:22:26.479 Kaela Gallagher: I think that’s it for me. Any, any, like, questions? Anything you’re wondering as you’re getting set up?
117 00:22:28.720 ⇒ 00:22:33.410 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: No, not really,
118 00:22:33.540 ⇒ 00:22:39.930 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: The only thing that I had a question about was the Sales Nav stuff, and then…
119 00:22:40.340 ⇒ 00:22:42.759 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: Yeah, like, I guess once…
120 00:22:43.370 ⇒ 00:22:53.299 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: like, bank accounts and stuff like that, and how I get paid. I think that’s still being figured out, because I’m the first one to be doing this. So,
121 00:22:53.590 ⇒ 00:22:54.370 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: I… I’m not…
122 00:22:54.370 ⇒ 00:22:54.980 Kaela Gallagher: Yes.
123 00:22:55.200 ⇒ 00:22:56.970 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: I’m not in a rush.
124 00:22:57.430 ⇒ 00:23:01.130 Kaela Gallagher: Yes, so we use a platform called RAMP.
125 00:23:01.290 ⇒ 00:23:09.510 Kaela Gallagher: Which you basically register as, like, a vendor to Brainforge in, and we handle payments through there.
126 00:23:10.230 ⇒ 00:23:28.620 Kaela Gallagher: Usually, so we have an external finance team, and they kind of set that up and get that invite, sent out to you, and so usually that comes a little bit later than, like, your Slack access and email access. So if you don’t get that in the next, like, 2 days, let me know, and we can make sure that you get set up there, too.
127 00:23:29.100 ⇒ 00:23:40.460 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: Yeah, for me, the most important parts was just, me knowing how to submit leads, and getting sales now. That’s it. Like, we’ll get the rest figured out.
128 00:23:41.310 ⇒ 00:23:49.439 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: Robert’s been a good buddy of mine for, like, 7 years now, so I’m not… Yeah. I’m not, like, too particular about this stuff.
129 00:23:49.440 ⇒ 00:23:52.700 Kaela Gallagher: Yeah. Did you… you guys met at USC, right?
130 00:23:53.020 ⇒ 00:23:56.259 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: No, we met at Flexport. It was our first job out of college.
131 00:23:56.260 ⇒ 00:23:59.349 Kaela Gallagher: Okay, that’s right, that’s right, I remember. Okay. Yeah.
132 00:23:59.350 ⇒ 00:24:04.839 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: Robert, yeah, Robert is really, really, probably one of the best operators I know.
133 00:24:04.940 ⇒ 00:24:12.360 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: So… Yeah, but unfortunately, he has to do the sales stuff, too, so… And,
134 00:24:12.360 ⇒ 00:24:28.980 Kaela Gallagher: I’m excited you’re taking some of that off his plate. Like, seriously, the amount that Utom and Robert are involved in things is, like, so impressive, you know? That, like, they’re literally on client calls, but then also, you know, high-level strategies, so I know you’re gonna be a huge help to him.
135 00:24:29.620 ⇒ 00:24:44.310 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: Yeah, yeah, yeah, I was with him when he started Pongo, so, yeah, I’m excited, I’m excited to be… to be working with all of you guys. He has some really… you guys are very talented people, so I’m excited to work with all of you.
136 00:24:44.450 ⇒ 00:24:49.639 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: But, yeah, I mean, is there any other things you need to show me, Kayla?
137 00:24:50.670 ⇒ 00:25:03.370 Kaela Gallagher: I mean, it all happened so quickly, it was hilarious, actually, because we were on a call Friday, end of day, and it was… it’s our usual, like, leadership sync or whatever, and…
138 00:25:03.640 ⇒ 00:25:11.829 Kaela Gallagher: Robert was like, oh yeah, Kayla, by the way, drill’s starting on Monday. And I was like, you’re supposed to tell me this! Like, I do onboarding, like, I make.
139 00:25:11.830 ⇒ 00:25:12.520 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: Well, I mean…
140 00:25:12.520 ⇒ 00:25:13.460 Kaela Gallagher: shut up, I was like.
141 00:25:13.460 ⇒ 00:25:14.710 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: And here’s a fancy…
142 00:25:14.710 ⇒ 00:25:16.040 Kaela Gallagher: So quick. Yeah.
143 00:25:16.040 ⇒ 00:25:23.840 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: And in his defense, he called me, I’m like, oh my god, it was, like, Tuesday, I… I was, like, in the middle of something, and he’s like, he’s like, yo, like, Drell, like.
144 00:25:23.840 ⇒ 00:25:37.390 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: I just thought of this, like, are you free? Can we chat right now? And I was like, no, I’m not free, call me tomorrow. I was like, dude… So, we set a time the next day, and we called, and he’s like, yo, I need you to be on GTM, like, I know you’re the right person for this.
145 00:25:37.390 ⇒ 00:25:52.359 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: And I, like, thought about it, I was like, oh yeah, I mean, like, I… I… there’s… there’s a lot of… there’s a lot of new customers that I’ve run into that I had nothing to sell them. Because for reference, right, I… I run the cybersecurity, EOR and staff log company in the Philippines.
146 00:25:52.370 ⇒ 00:25:55.800 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: So, most of my clients are security companies.
147 00:25:55.980 ⇒ 00:26:06.780 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: But for the most part, like, they have really solid data talent on staff, so I don’t really… there wasn’t really any, like, I don’t really… there’s no data things I can sell to these companies.
148 00:26:06.880 ⇒ 00:26:09.980 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: And so,
149 00:26:10.130 ⇒ 00:26:21.219 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: yeah, I was just, you know, I was like, oh, well, this is great, I can… I can sell data stuff again, and I have all these… I’m very well connected in the LA scene, so there’s a lot of founders that ask me
150 00:26:22.890 ⇒ 00:26:24.650 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: Sautel, mayor of Sattel, so…
151 00:26:24.650 ⇒ 00:26:25.160 Kaela Gallagher: rehearsal.
152 00:26:25.160 ⇒ 00:26:40.259 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: I’ve never had anything to sell them, because, once again, I staff security companies, so even when I come on that side, it’s like, what am I gonna give you? Like, I don’t… like, you don’t need security, you’re a seed company, no one’s gonna attack you, like… Right.
153 00:26:40.260 ⇒ 00:26:40.820 Kaela Gallagher: Right.
154 00:26:40.820 ⇒ 00:26:41.250 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: Who knows?
155 00:26:41.250 ⇒ 00:26:45.409 Kaela Gallagher: Oh, well, this is exciting, then! Okay, this is all working out.
156 00:26:45.680 ⇒ 00:26:49.670 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: Yes, it’ll be fun. But you’re… you… you’re still based in LA, right? You…
157 00:26:49.830 ⇒ 00:26:51.810 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: Or are you somewhere else right now?
158 00:26:51.810 ⇒ 00:26:54.689 Kaela Gallagher: Right now, I’m actually in St. Louis, but tomorrow.
159 00:26:54.690 ⇒ 00:26:55.139 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: Oh, okay.
160 00:26:55.140 ⇒ 00:26:57.720 Kaela Gallagher: back to LA.
161 00:26:57.720 ⇒ 00:26:59.410 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: Are you moving back? Moving back?
162 00:27:00.260 ⇒ 00:27:03.840 Kaela Gallagher: I’ve always lived in LA, I’m just in St. Louis for a trip.
163 00:27:04.280 ⇒ 00:27:12.610 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: Okay, great, great. Yeah, I know, he just, Robert just added me to the LA crew, or LA office Slack, or whatever, so…
164 00:27:12.610 ⇒ 00:27:13.150 Kaela Gallagher: Yes.
165 00:27:13.150 ⇒ 00:27:18.120 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: Yeah, it’d be great to meet everyone who’s in LA, and then,
166 00:27:18.880 ⇒ 00:27:28.430 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: I don’t know what the function of the folks who live in LA are, but it would be great to introduce all of you to, you know, the scene, especially the larger tech scene.
167 00:27:28.930 ⇒ 00:27:29.860 Kaela Gallagher: Yeah.
168 00:27:30.090 ⇒ 00:27:39.459 Kaela Gallagher: We usually get together just kind of ad hoc, like, once a week, usually, like, a Wednesday or Thursday afternoon, we’ll just grab lunch and then co-work for the rest of the day.
169 00:27:39.460 ⇒ 00:27:42.980 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: Is it usually in Culver City, or do you guys come west side?
170 00:27:42.980 ⇒ 00:27:47.929 Kaela Gallagher: Usually… usually we go to One Culver. Are you familiar with that building?
171 00:27:47.930 ⇒ 00:27:53.359 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: One culvert? Probably. I used to go to the WeWork in Culvert.
172 00:27:53.360 ⇒ 00:27:55.199 Kaela Gallagher: Oh, so it’s in that building?
173 00:27:55.860 ⇒ 00:27:59.509 Kaela Gallagher: It’s… it’s literally that building. We just go to the lobby.
174 00:28:00.450 ⇒ 00:28:03.490 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: Oh, you guys worked in the lobby there? Oh, that’s so funny.
175 00:28:03.490 ⇒ 00:28:12.319 Kaela Gallagher: Yes. But, I mean, we can get a WeWork. We just… we just don’t really, you know, mind. The lobby’s chill too, so, yeah.
176 00:28:12.320 ⇒ 00:28:19.110 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: No, well, the next spot you guys should move to is, when Bonsai Coffee Bar opens up.
177 00:28:19.110 ⇒ 00:28:19.470 Kaela Gallagher: Second word.
178 00:28:21.170 ⇒ 00:28:24.139 Kaela Gallagher: on Hughes in Venice, I’m so excited. Yeah.
179 00:28:24.140 ⇒ 00:28:39.320 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: So I’m helping them, I’m helping them open it, in a few months, so, you’ll see me there frequently. Yeah, I’m, like, I’m very close to the owners, so I, I help them with everything, and then, so, yeah, that’s what, like I said, it’s like, if you’re looking to… if you’re…
180 00:28:39.420 ⇒ 00:28:50.529 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: Yeah, if you’re trying to meet a lot of random folks, and then if you’re gonna be in charge of recruiting, if you need a pipeline of people, that’s also… I… I staff a lot of people locally, so…
181 00:28:51.360 ⇒ 00:28:52.190 Kaela Gallagher: Awesome.
182 00:28:52.630 ⇒ 00:28:58.569 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: Yeah, so, yeah. We got lots to do, Kayla. We got lots to go. We got lots, lots to do in LA.
183 00:28:58.570 ⇒ 00:29:01.119 Kaela Gallagher: I know, I’m excited, I’m excited.
184 00:29:01.720 ⇒ 00:29:15.309 Kaela Gallagher: Awesome. Great. Well, yeah, if you need anything at all, feel free to let me know. We also have, like, a channel for asks for new hires, so me and Rico are in there, and we can help a little bit quicker if you have any questions.
185 00:29:15.430 ⇒ 00:29:18.510 Kaela Gallagher: And yeah, excited to have you on the team.
186 00:29:19.270 ⇒ 00:29:38.110 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: Great, yeah, I’m excited too. Let’s get the ball rolling and get some… get some cool stuff happening. But yeah, likewise, now that I’m a resource, please leverage me and the stuff I do. Yeah. I have my hand in everything in LA, so if there’s anything you need, let me know.
187 00:29:38.110 ⇒ 00:29:40.099 Kaela Gallagher: Awesome, thank you so much.
188 00:29:40.480 ⇒ 00:29:41.220 Kaela Gallagher: Great.
189 00:29:41.220 ⇒ 00:29:43.359 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: Alright, talk later, Kayla. Thank you so much.
190 00:29:43.360 ⇒ 00:29:44.510 Kaela Gallagher: Alrighty, bye.
191 00:29:44.510 ⇒ 00:29:45.000 Jorrel Sto. Tomas: E.