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Talent
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Shepherd — Overseas Talent Agency
Shepherd is a headhunting agency specializing in placing overseas talent at 80% cost savings vs US equivalents — primarily Latin America and Southeast Asia. A go-to for early-stage startups needing to stretch runway on operations and support hires.
How to Conduct A+ Reference Checks
Ryan Breslow's viral Twitter thread on conducting A+ reference checks — 10,000+ checks at Bolt revealed specific questions that surface truth that candidates and polished references won't volunteer. The most useful hiring signal most teams underuse.
How to Disrupt Technical Recruiting: Hire an Agent
A 2012 argument for disrupting technical recruiting by treating engineers as clients rather than candidates — using agents who represent developers the way Hollywood agents represent actors. Ahead of its time: this is roughly what emerged years later with developer-focused talent platforms.
User Interface Designers Invade Silicon Valley
The Verge's coverage of the 2012 influx of UI/UX designers into Silicon Valley, driven by Instagram's $1B acquisition demonstrating that design was now a core value driver in tech. The moment design went from nice-to-have to strategic necessity.