Episode 5 features Nikolai Kabatsikov, Director of Talent Acquisition at Hello Fresh and ex-Global Head of Talent Acquisition at Bolt.

The meal kit market is expected to reach $64.4 billion by 2030, increasing more than three times in value since 2021 and there's a very good chance you would have heard of HelloFresh.

HelloFresh pioneered the meal kit concept in many European markets. “We saw the golden window of opportunity to conquer untapped online space - the online grocery market, that was ripe for disruption, especially as supermarkets struggled to adapt to e-commerce realities,” said Dominik Richter, co-founder and CEO of HelloFresh.

In this highly enjoyable chat with Nikolai, I got to learn about Nik’s journey to becoming Director of Talent Acquisition at HelloFresh from his early days at Google, his itch for something new that led to him joining a tiny start-up, traits of the best leaders and much more.