A global matching platform for buyers, investors, and sellers in the recruitment and staffing industry.

In Part 2 of this two-part series, Dan talks about his experience in starting Cube19 after the sale of Broadbean Technology. He shares his experience securing funding for Cube19, its ten-year journey leading to its exit, and why Bullhorn was the right fit for Cube19. He also discusses his role as SVP Analytics at Bullhorn and why he eventually left.

Dan also discusses his current involvements with Ebsta, SAAS Academy, and Recruiter Insider, the technology it offers, and gives general advice to anyone considering starting an HR tech product.

For our 11th podcast, RTI Managing Partner Simon Childs talks to highly successful entrepreneur Dan McGuire to highlight his remarkable transition from recruiter to HR tech entrepreneur, his role in various tech-driven businesses, and his ongoing journey as a serial entrepreneur, investor, advisor, and coach.

Oconic Managing Partner Paul Daley discusses the challenges and strategies involved in RPO integration within larger recruitment businesses. Additionally, he shares insights into the complexities of RPO M&A, including stakeholder alignment, deal team structure, and market trends.

Industry legend Greg Savage discusses the high failure rate of M&As in the recruitment and staffing industry and highlights the common reasons for their failure.

What does a textbook, perfect post-merger integration of a recruitment & staffing business look like? Jeff Kaye, Managing Director at Starfish Partners, who may just have the perfect case study. For our 8th podcast, RTI Managing Partner speaks with Jeff about building a comprehensive investment ecosystem that can change the way recruitment firms scale and create value for exits.

Jeff draws on his vast experience as a recruiter, entrepreneur, and investor who has spent over three decades building businesses and investing in the recruitment industry, including his involvement with K Bassman, the largest single-site search business in the US, and Next Level Exchange, a recruiting training and consulting organization. He also discusses the growth of Sanford Rose Associates, a franchise he acquired in 2012, and his current role as Managing Director at Starfish Partners.

Starfish Partners, an international investment and ownership platform for niched professional and mid-to-upper management search specialists, provides capital for recruiting firms looking to scale as well as exit strategies for owners seeking to secure value for their firm in cash and/or stock.

Recruitment Transactions International is the first global matching platform for buyers, investors, and sellers in the recruitment and staffing industry. Our seventh podcast comes out of the left field as RTI Managing Partner Simon Childs talks shop with the enigmatic entrepreneur, Gerard Koolen, Group Managing Partner of Lugera. In this episode, Gerard shares his experiences as an entrepreneur who has built a powerhouse portfolio of brands in a challenging region that includes Russia and Ukraine.

Gerard co-founded Lugera in 1996 in Trencin, Slovakia. The idea was to build a great staffing agency and help as many people as possible with better jobs. The company now has more than 400 employees across 33 offices in 11 countries. In addition to Ukraine, it is in the United Kingdom, Armenia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark in the Netherlands, Romania, Morocco, and Slovakia. In 2014, as part of the international expansion of Lugera, it acquired GIT in the Czech Republic, and at the end of 2016, Adecco Ukraine and Adecco Russia. In 2019, Adecco Morocco also joined the Lugera family.