navigating the mad world of startup hiring

Mad World Recruiting partners with startups from  Seed through Scale to build Engineering, Product, and Design teams. Leveraging 14+ years of focused experience , we understand the unique pressures and high stakes of early-stage growth. We mitigate hiring risks by combining deep market knowledge with a transparent, empathetic headhunting approach , ensuring you secure the right talent to navigate the mad world of startup hiring and scale with confidence. 

We've worked across man verticals including: SAAS, ML, AI, DevTooling, and Data Infrastructure.

1.  Intro & Needs Analysis: 30 minute zoom to get to know  you, the unique culture and needs of your startup, and to better understand the underlying goals of what you're looking for in a recruiting partner. Overall determine if we're a good fit for each other.
2. Customized Sourcing Strategy: After a signed agreement, we begin to put together our custom sourcing strategy built for your needs. We send a few sample profiles to your hiring team to ensure we are aligned. Then we do what we do best. Build a cohesive and proactive outreach strategy to find the blend of technical chops and entrepreneurial mindset that fits your team's needs.
3. Rigorous Candidate Screening & Presentation: Finding the right talent goes beyond reading and forwarding a resume. We get to know our candidates on the same level as our clients. We dig deep to understand motivators, adaptability, culture fit, and why your opportunity is the right next opportunity for them.
4. Interview Coordination & Feedback: We are with you every step of the way and handle the challenges of coordinating interviews, getting/sharing feedback, and being a partner through the entire process. 
5. Offer Negotiation & Closing: The offer stage shouldn't be a hold your breath and cross your fingers moment. By understanding our candidate's motivating factors and what they are truly looking for in their next opportunity, we realign after each step of the interview to make sure there are no surprises when it comes to offer time. Our transparent approach has led to us averaging below 1 declined offer a year. 

Whether you are hiring an executive, three engineers, or need ongoing support Mad World offers a fee structure that best aligns incentives to long term relationships over the transactional approach of standard agencies.