Again, I also recommend you consider asking anyone at venture capital (VC) or private equity (PE) firms that you may know. One of their biggest jobs is to recruit for their portfolio companies so you can ask them the same questions I suggest for more traditional recruiters (and they may often have a direct lead for you). In fact, VC and PE firms increasingly have “human capital partners” who want to talk to job seekers in the hopes they can be of use to the portfolio. They also have people in operating/consulting roles, which at times help find talent.

