High-talent-density recruiting and talent strategy firm
Help ambitious companies build teams by treating each hire like an executive search: define the exact profile, identify a small set of exceptional candidates, cultivate relationships with them, assess them through realistic work, and close them through a highly personal process.
online B2B Service / Consulting / Agency
From Lenny's Podcast — The playbook for building high talent density teams | Adam Ward, Head of Talent at Cursor at 00:00
Problem: The conventional recruiting funnel starts with whoever applies or responds and hires the remainder after successive filtering, which can exclude the strongest candidates and regress toward average talent. The service replaces volume-based recruiting with focused, relationship-driven searches for the best people for a specific team and role.
For: Founders and companies for whom talent is a top business priority, especially companies hiring specialized, senior, or scarce technical and business talent.
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- Growth by Design: Adam Ward's recruiting firm developed a thesis that companies could gain an unfair talent advantage by committing more collective time and effort to recruiting; Cursor later acquired the firm.
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