Candidate Labs is a modern search firm built by a repeat VC-backed entrepreneur who's personally done the founder journey twice.We offer executive and professional search for companies that want access to highly entrepreneurial and impactful talent.Functions we cover: go-to-market, product, design, engineering, finance, and operations.We've built iconic teams and hired leaders for:Notion (Sequoia Capital, Index Ventures)Retool (Sequoia Capital, a16z)Vercel (Accel)Deel (a16z, Spark Capital)Decagon (a16z, Bain Capital Ventures)Luma AI (a16z)Credal AI (Spark Capital)Cleanlab (Bain Capital Ventures, Menlo Ventures)Homie (Khosla Ventures, OpenAI)Concourse (a16z)Complete (Accel, Stripe)Muon Space (Radical Ventures, Costanoa)Coda (General Catalyst, Greylock)Modern Treasury (Benchmark)dbt Labs (Sequoia Capital, a16z)Tome (Greylock, Coatue)EvenUp (BCV, Lightspeed, Bessemer)Airbase (First Round, Menlo Ventures)Lattice (Thrive Capital)Sentry.io (Accel, NEA)Aurora Solar (Fifth Wall, ICONIQ)Finch (Menlo Ventures, General Catalyst)Mindbloom (Founders Fund, Kleiner Perkins)Whatnot (a16z)Lumos Identity (a16z)and moreShoot me a note at mzhang@candidatelabs.com if you think we can help you!

Backed by Salesforce Ventures, BoxGroup, Fuel Capital, SignalFire, FJ Labs and more.

Writing checks on the side, with a primary focus on seed and pre-seed AI companies. I also refer dealflow to my network of VCs (mostly seed-stage investors). If I can be helpful here shoot me a note! mzhang at candidate labs .com

[Seed to Series B, then acquired]Took a business from inception to acquisition over the course of seven and a half years. Raised Seed through Series B and hired thousands of stylists across 9 different cities. Stayed on with acquirer and drove substantial post-merger projects.Trumaker is a technology driven men’s apparel brand that is reinventing the way guys shop by making the process easy and the fit great through a unique online and offline experience. We’re bringing a fresh built-to-fit approach for apparel so guys can spend less time shopping and more time living. Trumaker was ranked best new menswear brand by SF Weekly in 2016 and has received accolades in numerous publications including Forbes, Mens' Journal, Fast Company, and more. We're backed by Javelin Venture Partners, RRE Ventures, Box Group and more.

Series B cleantech co backed by Kleiner Perkins, RRE Ventures, Sigma Partners, Generation IM (Al Gore), and Physic Ventures.I joined as an early hire and focused on strategy, operations, customer acquisition and online revenue.Recyclebank was ranked the No. 1 VC-backed Cleantech company of 2011 by the Wall Street Journal and the No. 4 overall "Next Big Thing."

Two-time recipient of the Princeton-in-Asia Fellowship. Focused on environmental policy and law in Beijing, China.One of the world's most influential environmental organizations, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) leads powerful initiatives to protect our planet's resources, advance climate action, and ensure sustainable futures for all.

Before laundry startups were cool, there was DormAid. I ran the Princeton branch, managing cleaning and laundry services for students through a franchise model that put campus managers in charge. DormAid led the way and was acquired in 2009.

National Security Team intern at the Center for American Progress—contributing to research on Iraq, North Korea, and Iran. Learned the world is far more complicated than any college exam.

Public policy work on improving conditions for elderly homeless in New York City—an eye-opening experience. Worked out of the now-closed Peter’s Place shelter on 23rd and 6th in Chelsea.

Sampled finance at JP Morgan. Gained Excel wizardry, decoded endless acronyms, and realized Wall Street just wasn’t my flavor.