I'm the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Bearhug Recruiting, a boutique executive search firm that helps early and growth-stage Environmental Technology & Enterprise Software startups navigate the scale-up journey from ~$1m to 50m+ through the acquisition of top-tier senior GTM leaders and C-suite executives.While our core focus is recruiting "startup capable" GTM leaders, return clients often ask us to help them fill other critical business oriented roles as well, such as product, finance, operations, strategy, and HR/talent acquisition. We've also been known to take on incredibly hairy projects where other recruiters have tried and failed.We've built our reputation on being extremely thorough, delivering quality outcomes on compressed timeframes, and taking a very unorthodox approach to how we price our services, source, pitch, and recruit candidates, and how we help clients pre-onboard new hires DURING the recruiting process. Our battle tested workflow mitigates risk, hires top 10% talent, and cuts onboarding time down by ~50%. Over the last 21 years as a 5x startup founder, angel investor, GTM advisor, direct response marketer, sales leader, husband, and father, I've discovered that at my core, I'm an activator and connector of people. The environment in which I'll thrive and contribute to most is one that values unconventional thinking, direct communication, speed, being collaborative, thorough and transparent, empathy, being laser-focused & fiercely-loyal, valuing quality over quantity and being data-driven, continuous learning, hard but fun, laughter, humility, and treating each other with respect.Outside of work, you'll find me either out in nature with my wife, our 2 kids, and our 2 dogs, pushing my physical limits at Crossfit, getting bendy on my yoga mat, cruising the streets on my electric skateboard, kiteboarding or climbing limestone cliffs above the ocean (no ropes needed!), jumping out of a perfectly good airplane, or reading/listening to a great book or podcast (shoutout to All In Pod!). Currently reading: "21 Lessons for the 21st Century” by Yuval Noah Harari, “Principles" by Ray Dalio, and "The Future Is Faster Than You Think” by Peter DiamandisMobile: (858) 779-4769Email: kraig@bearhugrecruiting.comESTJ (https://www.16personalities.com/estj-personality)