A Talent Practice by TechDuels
Executive Search & Embedded Recruiting
For growth-stage founders in AI, tech, and finance.
Hiring is what kills great companies — not raising, not building. The first twenty hires shape the next hundred, and most founders make them one at a time, under pressure, without a system. This is that system.
Ways to Work Together
Embedded Talent Partner
Multi-role retainer · 3, 6, or 12 mo.
We operate as your outsourced talent team. Multiple concurrent roles, weekly cadence, comp benchmarking, closing playbook, and hiring rubric — the operating rigor of an in-house function without the headcount.
Exclusive Retained Search
Single senior hire · exclusive engagement
One critical hire, one firm on it. Standard retained terms with a portion of the fee due at kickoff. Best for senior finance, engineering, or executive roles where quality of pipeline matters more than speed to a first slate.
Contingency Search
Select roles · available on request
Placement-fee only, offered on a case-by-case basis for the right founder relationship. Not our default model.
Every engagement is scoped to your team, stage, and roadmap.
What Working With Us Delivers
- Weekly-cadenced pipelines built to your bar
- Comp benchmarking so offers land the first time
- Screening, references, and closing done end-to-end
- A hiring rubric and playbook documented for your team
- One point of contact who's placed at Netflix and AWS
Recent Engagements
- Head of Talent, embedded at a Series B AI startup
- Multi-role technical hiring for a growth-stage tech company
- Senior finance hires for a boutique investment firm
- Executive comms & networking coaching (paired offering)
Who This Is Built For
Founders scaling from ~20 to ~100 people who don't have — and shouldn't yet hire — an internal talent leader. You've got funding, roadmap, and roles you need to fill this quarter. What you don't have is the operating capacity to run a real hiring process.
Why This Is Different
Most agencies send resumes. TD Recruiting operates like the in-house talent team you'd hire if you were ready — the same pipeline discipline, closing playbook, and quality bar. Led by a 20+ year talent leader with time at Netflix, AWS, Capital One, Major League Baseball, Wayfair, and AbbVie, and currently embedded as Head of Talent at a Series B AI startup. Paired with Logicoach.ai, our optional AI coaching layer for onboarding and interview practice.
Ready to build your next twenty hires?
Reach out to discuss which engagement model fits your stage and roadmap.
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