Talent for Innovation·Est. 2001·3,000+ placements · six offices · four regions

Startup

The first three or four executive hires set a startup's trajectory — a pattern we have observed across hundreds of engagements since 2001, from first CTOs for funded founders to startup CEOs stepping into founder-led businesses.

Our startup work is documented in the engagements below: first senior product leaders for 15-person companies, founding commercial teams for Series A businesses, and CEO searches for companies moving past founder-led operations.

Our relationship graph connects 248,000+ executives across 62,000+ companies where we hold relationships — 351,000+ logged interactions dating back to 2003, with 156,000+ mapped relationship paths. Our market intelligence monitors 157,000+ companies across 100+ geographies and 170+ sectors.

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