We get startups.

Seriously. As former operators ourselves, we understand the frustration of a lengthy search, scarce talent pools, and stiff competition. We’re here to make executive search work for you - through diligent work, thoughtful talent advice, and significantly faster time to fill. Ready to experience the Plenty difference?

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  • "Too often executive recruiters tell you what you want to hear. With Plenty they helped us make adjustments that resulted in us landing our dream candidate."

  • "We spoke with multiple providers quoting 180+ days for finding a Head of People. Plenty Search was able to deliver in 66 days."

  • "We closed on the role within five weeks with exceptional backups in the pipeline."

Our Venture Partners

Combined, our portfolio of customers have raised $4.96B from top VCs

OUR CLIENTS

How Plenty is different.

1.In-House Startup Experience

We are former start-up operators, having collectively scaled over 10 venture-back companies. We’ve hired and coached executives from companies like Airbnb, YouTube, Uber, and Stripe and intimately understand your roles and candidates more than other firms.


2.Diversity in Our Results

As a 100% LGBTQ+, minority, and immigrant-owned business, we’ve written the best-selling book, Hiring for Diversity, and bring deep strategic expertise on diversity recruiting. We’re proud that 80% of our Chief Technology Officer placements, alone, have been from underrepresented communities.


3.Record Time to Hire

We’re a search firm with the DNA of a tech company. By leveraging a data-driven approach, Plenty can adjust and optimize, even during times of rapidly changing market dynamics. This allows us to land executive hires within an average of just 70 days vs. the industry’s 120-day standard.

4.Twice the Capacity on Your Search

We assign our recruiters half the req load compared to our competition, meaning we can immerse ourselves in your needs.  This focus and attention to detail results in higher quality candidates and smoother negotiations while landing that next great executive.   

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

Alex Bouaziz

Founder and CEO @ DEEL

Plenty is the best search partner we’ve ever worked with. They helped us fill two of our most key executive-level positions, both under 60 days. Given their in-house experience, they understood our business needs deeply, allowing them to act as true Talent Advisors to me. They’ll be an extended part of the Deel talent team for years to come.

Jessica Hovick

Former VP Operations @Big Health

I worked with Plenty on our VP People search. The team quickly honed in on our desired profile, building a large candidate pool and consistently following through on their commitments. More importantly they provided data-filled and thoughtful feedback when things felt off-track. Too often exec recruiters tell you what you want to hear. With Plenty they helped us make adjustments that resulted in us landing our dream candidate.

Beatrice N

Head of People @ Worldcoin

After using another search firm for six months for our Head of Global Talent Acquisition search, we engaged with Plenty Search. Tak and his team quickly understood our business needs, urgency of timelines, and the high bar we were setting for the role. We closed on the role within five weeks with exceptional backups in the pipeline. I’ve never worked with a more impressive search partner and am happy I have Tak and his team as part of my network.

Our Story

As a startup, you may have been advised to build the right leadership team, maybe 87 times or so. Also, you may have been told/read/learned that the talent competition is stiff, that good hires take time, but really - get your leadership team in place if you want to scale. Another 87 times or so. (As if this doesn't add to founders' burnout.)

Enter Plenty Search. We’re here to make executive search really work for you - by combining our operational expertise with an extensive talent network, and our diligence with a sense of urgency. Most importantly, we take our work personally, obsessing over every detail so you land your next great executive in significantly less time.

Plenty was founded by Thach Nguyen, an industry-leading talent executive with experience at growth businesses like Google, Airbnb, Disney, Care/of and SWORD Health. Thach knows how important talent is to the success of a company, especially executive leadership at startups. Plenty provides specialized executive search services designed to help our portfolio of customers realize their mission, faster. Since launching in stealth mode in the summer of 2021, our average time to fill has been 70 days - almost twice as fast as the industry average!

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