77 – The Great Talent Redistribution

About this episode

This episode discusses the future of talent distribution and compensation models in the tech industry and beyond.

The Great Talent Redistribution: Where is Talent Actually Going in 2026 and beyond? Is the start-up compensation model broken? How about big Big Tech? How about non-tech small & medium businesses? What is happening to talent, going forward? This and many other topics in this episode of Tech Deciphered. Navigation: Intro The Broken Contract? The Great Unbundling The Three (?) Destinations Alternative Cap Tables, Alternative Compensation Models Investor Landscape Fragmentation Operator Playbook and Predictions Conclusion Our co-hosts: Bertrand Schmitt, Entrepreneur in Residence at Red River West , co-founder of App Annie / Data.ai , business angel, advisor to startups and VC funds, @bschmitt Nuno Goncalves Pedro, Investor, Managing Partner, Founder at Chamaeleon , @ngpedro Our show: Tech DECIPHERED brings you the Entrepreneur and Investor views on Big Tech, VC and Start-up news, opinion pieces and research. We decipher their meaning, and add inside knowledge and context. Being nerds, we also discuss the latest gadgets and pop culture news Subscribe To Our Podcast Nuno Goncalves Pedro Introduction Welcome to episode 77 of Tech Deciphered. This episode will focus on the great…

People in this episode

Hosts: Bertrand Schmitt, Nuno Goncalves Pedro

Topics covered

• talent redistribution
• start-up compensation
• Big Tech
• small and medium businesses
• investor landscape
• alternative compensation models

Keywords

• talent
• compensation
• Big Tech
• start-ups
• investing
• 2026
• business models

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Red River West, App Annie, Data.ai, Chamaeleon

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