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In scaling your startup teams, the stakes are ridiculously high: each new leader or team member can change the course of your journey and make or break your success. While every business must ensure the right hires, it's absolutely critical for high-growth startups.
Startups can't afford
to get HIRING wrong
Could you get by with hiring the most qualified candidate who applies to your posted position? Or with leveraging your own networks? Maybe. But with most startups projected to fail and venture capitalists scrutinizing your hiring decisions, you need to be confident that you’ve done everything possible to stack your team with champions.
The data is clear: high performers are up to 800% more productive than average performers in the complex jobs that startups require. McKinsey doesn’t mince words when they say, “If a competitor used 20% more great talent in similar efforts, it would beat you to market even if it started a year or two later.” Ouch.
You’re likely already aware that competition for stellar talent in the tech industry is astronomical. Top candidates have their choice of roles and rarely hit the active market, so relying on applications to posted positions or leveraging your own network means you may have already missed the best. You can’t afford to hire less than the best.
Champion talent, the best performers, are up to 800% more productive in complex roles and tasks
Win with diversity
Making DEI a priority in your hiring does more than make you a good company. Tracking companies over time shows that the most diverse companies are more likely than ever to outperform less diverse peers on profitability. Organizations with greater diversity among their executive teams tend to have higher profits (by about 20%!) and longer-term value.
Adding diversity in your team stacks the deck in your favor. Investors value when companies use best practices for diversity, and talented individuals move to companies that truly value DEI. Research shows that inclusive teams even make better business decisions.
If you want to attract and keep 10x talent, you really have no choice but to seek out diversity – in gender, race, orientation… even cognitive diversity. And it’s just the right thing to do!
When it comes to DEI, we're walking the walk. At StackedSP, our team's diversity has contributed to our success.
How we get the best for you
As your strategic talent search partner, we are more than a temporary recruiting contract. When placing elite talent for high-growth, venture-backed tech startups, we pay close attention to your goals, stage, and culture to find the perfect catalysts for your business success. We provide the structure and expertise needed to effectively source, evaluate and place the tech industry’s most strategic innovators on your team.
Our unique approach uncovers change makers from around the world - from the underdogs to the champions.
precise
Our cutting-edge tools leverage our network to place select performers for our partners in less than two months.
personalized
Our 9+ years of industry data and 23-point weighted scale ensure the right fit for each role.
proactive
We pursue non-active candidates that are already proven in their field. We seek out diverse candidates before you even ask.
Search is an art and a science and StackedSP have mastered this craft. Their in-depth knowledge of the overall technology industry and the relentless pursuit StackedSP brings to the table are second to none. I credit them with finding one of Stripe's most successful leaders in one of the hardest searches I've worked on to-date. From a diverse top of funnel to the efficiency of their process, StackedSP continues to provide needle moving outcomes.