2025 | Year One Recap — Built, Tested, Proven
- Launched April 2025
- One person. A garden shed office.
- No brand. No pipeline. No shortcuts.
Fast forward…..
Delivery:
- Best month of my career: December
- 13 placements in one month, over 30 successful in 9 months from a standing start
- Across EMEA, APAC & the US
- GTM hires delivered across 5 global regions
- 100% delivery on all exclusive and retained searches
- Sales, Presales & Leadership roles filled – often business-critical
- 5 Star reviews on Google
- 100% client satisfaction
- 0% churn
The real headline:
- Team of 5 superstar recruiters
- Career-record month achieved together
- Calm under pressure. High trust. No passengers.
- This level of output does not happen without exceptional people
Market validation:
- Featured in International Business Times
- Trusted by five Gartner MQ-leading SaaS companies (Gartner leaders don’t choose lightly)
- First episode of our podcast landed well, more to come in 26
- Repeat mandates > pitch decks
Platform built alongside delivery:
- HQ upgraded – from shed to serviced office
- Podcast launched (first episode live, more coming)
- New website launching any day – built for scale, not vanity
The reality (because it wasn’t all smooth):
- We lost a candidate to a counter-offer, despite doing the work properly
- We lost potential a few placements to vendors who moved faster, not better
- That’s part of operating at this level, we learn fast and are ALWAYS fully accountable
To candidates who reached out needing/wanting work:
We’re a client led search firm, built to support SaaS vendors growth plans. That model doesn’t always allow us to help individuals in the way we’d like – and while we wish it were different in these circumstances for you, we’ll always be honest about what we are and how we work.
What year one proved
- You can start from nothing and deliver globally
- You can scale without noise
- You can break personal records as a team
- Foundations beat hype. Every time.
And yes — content too
- Plenty of questionable LinkedIn videos along the way
- Some insights landed
- Some… didn’t
- Isn’t it funny that one which stirred interest involved a failed attempt to link B2B sales to something that was just a dog poo’ing
- We’ll keep building seriously and deliver serious results
- But we have fun while we do it
2025 was about proving the engine works.
2026 is about scaling it, without lowering the bar.
Wishing all of our followers, network, partners and acquaintances a happy, healthy and prosperous 2026!
