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Startup H1B Visa: What Startup Founders Need to Know About the September 2025 Changes
For early-stage startups, the startup H1B visa shift is less about immigration law and more about strategic growth risk. If you’re planning U.S. market entry or trying to scale niche technical teams, you need a hiring plan that accounts for these new constraints.

Matthew Baden
Sep 25


AI in Startup Recruitment: Friend or Foe?
At the end of the day, the best AI recruiting tool for tech startups is the one that makes startup recruitment faster without losing the human touch. And for startup recruiters, the opportunity is clear: use AI as your assistant, not your replacement. Technology may help us hire smarter, but only people can make hiring truly human.

Natalie Adams
Aug 28


Retained or Contingent?
Contingent recruitment can often be seen as a more cost-effective approach to hiring as you only pay the agency when a candidate is...

Natalie Adams
Apr 13, 2023


What’s most important in a new hire?
I’ve noticed a trend over the years: The candidates my clients have been happiest with have generally been those who were hired for...

Ben Lewis
Apr 13, 2023


6 Reasons Your Hiring Process is Ineffective
Recruiting is like dating: it seems fun at the start but can quickly become laborious. For any hiring manager it is often a tricky task...

Natalie Adams
Mar 16, 2023


An Overview of the Benefits of Diversity in the Workplace
Diversity in the workplace is becoming more popular, and with good reason. Diversity is not only important for preventing overlap and...

Natalie Adams
Dec 20, 2022


Does Your Funding Source Impact Your Talent Attraction?
With unemployment at record lows in Silicon Valley it is a candidate’s market and tech startups are competing for top talent like never...

Jeremy MacLeod
Nov 6, 2019


Would You Accept Financial Advice From a Lottery Winner?
Given the recent $1 billion lottery bonanza, it got me thinking about people who win the Silicon Valley Lottery and the roles they play...

Jeremy MacLeod
Nov 28, 2018


Are There Too Many Cooks in your Talent Kitchen?
Specializing in Sales and Marketing recruitment at TSE in San Francisco naturally means I have the privilege of partnering with some...

Natalie Adams
Oct 1, 2018
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