Dan Figueroa | March 14, 2023 Investment in a first-time General Counsel (GC) or Chief Legal Officer (CLO) can seem substantial on paper, but data shows that when a company makes the right hire in this area – the role brings immediate and lasting returns on your investment. In fact, a GC is nearly requisite […]
Aaron Maass | February 16, 2023 A recent survey by EY found that 53% of senior executives have identified data and analytics as their top investment priority in the next two years. This trend is not surprising given the vast amounts of data that companies generate daily. From customer behavior and preferences to market trends […]
Kassandra Keller & Andrew Henry | February 7, 2023 Patients and their caregivers have continued to embrace their roles as consumers across the healthcare ecosystem. Legislation like the Pricing Transparency Act and 21 Century Cures Act have shifted the power of information to the patient. From tailored experiences to user-friendly care platforms, patients and their […]
Sanjay Sama | January 26, 2023 The last 12+ months have not been easy in the buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) market. What was once one of the hottest segments in fintech has fallen back to Earth after experiencing COVID-driven hypergrowth in 2020, when shoppers racked up $4.6 trillion in e-commerce transactions, nearly $100 billion of which were […]
Robert Gross | December 16, 2022 With changing markets come changing demands on leadership and this is especially true in the venture capital and private equity ecosystem. As valuations and economic forecasts fluctuate, PE firms and Boards are reevaluating their approach to talent acquisition. At best, hiring the traditional way, with a focus on standard […]
Chuck Egoville | December 12, 2022 At the start of 2022, Boards advised CEOs to take an aggressive approach to growth in all forms: top line revenue, margin expansion, and market share. As the year has unfolded, variables ranging from the war in eastern Europe, divisive mid-term elections in the U.S., inflation, and rising interest […]
Louis Montgomery Jr. | December 7, 2022 Over the last couple of years there has been an ongoing, necessary, and unprecedented focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) prompted by the events of 2020 and protests demanding change. Business leaders have finally begun to recognize the racial inequities embedded deep within the systems we operate […]
Rob Lee | November 10, 2022 Searching for a Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) or sales executive in the traditional way – focusing primarily on foundational sales experience – will yield traditional results. Particularly when hiring in a venture capital or private equity ecosystem, we recommend assessing an additional set of candidate experiences and characteristics in […]
Trista McCarthy | October 11, 2022 At the start of 2022, Gartner predicted a 20% rise in turnover rate across industries. Heightened inflation, rising interest rates, post-pandemic priority shifts, and hybrid work preferences have created a fierce scrimmage for companies worldwide trying to hire the people necessary to drive long-term profits. These challenges are compounded […]
Doug Bower & Jamey Cummings | September 14, 2022 The movement of raw materials and physical goods from Point A to Point B still faces regular disruption, even two-plus-years removed from the start of COVID. S&P Global suggests the slow recovery is a product of uncorrected shocks to crucial economic systems, as well as geopolitical conflicts […]