Headhunter for Bolt-On Acquisition’s Operator

by an investor from University of Puget Sound

1 year ago

Does anyone have experience using a headhunting/recruiting firm for a bolt on acquisition’? I’ve done two acquisitions (platform 6 years ago then a bolt-on 2 years ago) and have been able to act as CEO in both as they were in the Seattle area. This (~15 employees) is in LA with industry overlap, but I personally wouldn’t be able to relocate.

We currently have ~20 employees and I’ve trained an operations manager with tremendous talent that’s grown with us over the past 3 years as we’ve built systems/processes who may be willing to move, but he’s in his early 20s and there are quite a few folk at the target co who have been at the business for 20+ years so more experience may help to smooth attrition in the post-transition short term. Any executive recruiting experience would help!

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investor from University of Puget Sound

Appreciate the insights, everyone--I got in contact with a couple of recruiting firms. For anyone interested, I'm planning to put my internal candidate through a soft loop and will be using him for the transition to integrate systems/culture for 6mo-1yr with the intention of bringing him back into the higher-level holdco and replacing him with a recruiter-sourced GM.

1 year ago | like reply | 0 likes

searcher from Harvard University

DM me I can introduce you with the ones I work with. High end proven experience.

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