Thoughts, strategies, and perspectives from the Audacious team on talent acquisition, company building, and creating conditions for improbable outcomes.

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November 14, 2024

Podcast Interview: The Peel with Turner Novak

Nakul's immigrant journey, thoughts on starting a new firm, recruiting for startups and more!

By Nakul Mandan

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February 13, 2025

What comes in the way of great recruiting?

Recruiting exceptional talent follows a power law in that a few key hires will bend the arc of a company's future. But recruiting amazing talent is way, way harder than meets the eye. What gets in the way of following all the great wisdom that's already out there on recruiting?

By Nakul Mandan

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June 27, 2024

Traits I look for in founders

The scarcest resource in the game of startups is that force of nature founder who can will a company of substance and magnitude into existence. What do we look for when trying to find that outlier founder?

By Nakul Mandan

Three hikers in winter gear ascend a snow-covered hill into dense fog. One uses trekking poles, and a faint A-frame cabin is in the background.

May 2, 2025

Fighting For and Closing Elite Talent

Sam's playbook for how to sell and close 10x candidates at the earliest stages of building, including how to: entice with the anti-sell, use reference calls to close instead, win over the candidate’s spouse to win the deal, and so much more.

By Samantha Price

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April 4, 2019

Thoughts On Non-Linear Growth In B2B Startups

Why most B2B companies take 5-10 years to scale when they could theoretically do it faster, and the two distribution models that actually enable explosive growth.

By Nakul Mandan