About | Matchstar, Inc.

Our Unique Approach

For over a decade and a half, MatchStar has successfully placed hundreds of VP, Director and C-level executives into core leadership positions at the most innovative, venture backed companies in the world. We are a semi-retained, performance driven executive search firm that overcomes the limitations of the fully retained search model – expensive fees, large deposits, limited candidates, and long lead times. MatchStar “de-risks” the process for fast high growth tech companies by:

Employing a unique search methodology called “Iterative Profiling”™ – which combines state-of-the-art email targeting with traditional research based headhunting – resulting in a 90% agency placement rate.
Leveraging a flexible “Fee for Performance” model, which minimizes upfront costs, pays on success, and eliminates replacement risk.
Understanding the intimate challenges uniquely faced by earlier stage, high growth company CEOs and their Boards.

We are both functionally and domain agnostic, with a client base equally distributed across the United States. Additionally, MatchStar has conducted numerous engagements for overseas companies looking to establish a U.S. business footprint, as well as those looking to source U.S. based executes for overseas assignements.

Our Competitive Positioning

	Contingent	Retained	MatchStar
Business Model
Business Objectives Candidate Sourcing Pool Candidate Marketing Exclusivity Research Niche Focus - I.e. VC Backed / MidMkt / F500	Source companies for available candidates Short list of available candidates Some public domain advertising No Very Limited Broad to Narrow	Source candidates for company engagements Extensive client database and headhunting Full public domain advertising Yes Very Extensive Broad to Narrow	Source candidates for company engagements Extensive client database and headhunting Industry referrals only, complete confedentiality No Very Extensive Narrow - venture backed / early stage / tech
Service
Customer Service Process Candidate profiling to Absolute Requirements Time to Present Candidates Time to Close	Low Low 7 - 14 Days 21 days, then search droppped	High Extremely High 30 - 60 days 90 - 180 days	High Extremely High 7 - 10 days 30 - 45 days
Fee Model
Structure Fee Percentage Deposit Per Search Total Position Compensation Calculation Multiple positions discount Funding Rebate Program	“Pay for Performance” only 15 - 25% None Salary + conservative bonus / commissions Varies No	Guaranteed payment - search filled or not 30 - 33% None Salary + conservative bonus / commissions Varies No	“Pay for Performance” only 20 - 25% Very Small Salary + conservative bonus / commissions Yes Yes

Our Unique Approach

Our Competitive Positioning

Business Model

Service

Fee Model