# Forward's Funding Lab interview with Rasmus Stjernström in London.

## September 19, 2022

**Press**

During an interview with Forward Partners in London, Rasmus Stjernström, the co-founder and CEO of Silo Team, shared insights on the origins of Silo Team, his experience of starting a business with his sister, and his plans for the company's future direction.

Read the interview in its entirety here: [Interview with Rasmus Stjernström](https://forwardpartners.com/latest/rasmus-stjernstrom-co-founder-of-silo-team)

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12%  
of employees think their employer does a great job of onboarding new employees  
[Gallup](https://www.gallup.com/workplace/235121/why-onboarding-experience-key-retention.aspx#:~:text=Gallup%20finds%20that%20only%2012,great%20job%20onboarding%20new%20employees.)

51%  
of employees say they’d go “above and beyond” if they were given a good induction and onboarding  
[Hays](https://www.hays.com.au/press-releases/HAYS_1896743)

22%  
of companies do not have a formal onboarding process  
[Harvard Business Review](https://hbr.org/2022/04/onboarding-can-make-or-break-a-new-hires-experience)

70%  
increase in productivity if a well-structured onboarding program is in place  
[Quale](https://www.qualee.com/blog/19-mind-blowing-onboarding-statistics#:~:text=22%25%20of%20companies%20have%20no,program%20have%20better%20assimilation%20rates.)

Companies with great onboarding programs see [2.5% more revenue growth and 1.9%](https://image-src.bcg.com/Images/BCG_From_Capability_to_Profitability_Jul_2012_tcm9-103684.pdf) of the profit margin as against companies with poor onboarding processes. The former also leads to higher productivity levels and faster knowledge acquisition rates.