Leucadia Talent Get the market read
Product · Engineering · Design · GTM / Seed to Series C

You've got product market fit. Now hiring decides how you scale.

Product, Engineering, Design and GTM searches for Seed to Series C startups. Run like your first internal recruiter, without the full-time hire.

Get the market read → See how a search runs
Teams we've hired for
  • Scout Financial
  • ande
  • Momentic
  • Mercator
  • Echelon
7hires for one Series A team, from Head of Product to CTO
48hfeedback loops, both sides. Candidates hear back fast too.
30 daysMy best clients hire within 30 days of kickoff
8 yrsin recruiting, including founding recruiter at a seed-stage startup
Fig. 02 / The problem

Access was never the bottleneck.

Everyone has the same tools and the same lists. Searches break before sourcing starts.

Where the noise comes from
  • Four interviewers, four definitions of success.
  • A $200K budget chasing $500K engineers.
  • Slow feedback. Good candidates go quiet.
  • No story.
Fig. 03 / How a search runs

Slow down for two days. Hire faster for two months.

01 / Days 1–2

Align before sourcing

One intake call. Your whole panel hires the same person.

02 / Week 1

Read the market

Comp, competitors and the real candidate pool.

03 / Weekly

Run a tight loop

Screened candidates, 48-hour feedback, weekly calibration.

04 / From day one

Close

Comp tested early so offers don't fall apart late.

Fig. 04 / Case study

Scout Financial
Series A · sports fintech · remote

Seven hires, from Head of Product to CTO. Then the CTO hired four more from his own network.

Hire the right leader and your hiring compounds.

Fig. 05 / Free market read

Send one open role. Get the market read, free.

One page, within two business days.

Fig. 06 / Terms

How it works, before the first call.

One role

Contingency

You pay when your hire starts. Nothing up front.

A team build

Retainer option

For three or more hires. Retainer credited against fees.

Who it's for

0 to 100 people

Seed to Series C. Remote-first, US.

Fig. 07 / Who runs your search
Most hiring mistakes happen before sourcing begins.

Eight years in recruiting, agency and in-house. A few clients at a time, only teams whose mission I believe in.

PW
Peter WoffordFounder · Phoenix, AZ
Fig. 08 / Newsletter

The Market Read

What startups are paying and who's on the market. First issue coming soon.

Issue 01 · sample layoutComing soon
  1. One numberA comp or time-to-hire data point from real searches
  2. The readThree things shifting in Product and Engineering hiring
  3. On the marketA few opted-in, anonymized people worth a conversation
  4. One roleA real role (anonymized) and what I'd change about it
Fig. 09 / Referrals

Know someone who should hear about this?

A founder stuck on a hire, or a friend who deserves a better role. You'll hear back at every step.

If a candidate you refer is hired full-time, I pay you $5,000 once the client pays me, or send it to a charity you pick.

For candidates

Looking for more ownership?

A few teams at a time, each with a mission worth joining.

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