Building Teams That Matter

Helping Founders Hire
Their Founding Team

We strive to be the most valuable partner and talent engine for startups looking to hire their founding G&A and GTM teams.

WHO WE ARE

What makes us different

Fulltilt Talent is an extension of your talent team designed to provide founders and early-stage startups with hands-on talent acquisition support. We specialize in identifying, evaluating, and hiring founding teams.

Early stage hiring is difficult. The stakes are high. Hiring the right person takes time. Get it wrong, you’re back at square one.

Fulltilt Talent is an extension of your talent team designed to provide founders and early-stage startups with hands-on talent acquisition support. We specialize in identifying, evaluating, and hiring founding teams.

Early stage hiring is difficult. The stakes are high. Hiring the right person takes time. Get it wrong, you’re back at square one.

At this critical stage, hiring isn’t just about matching skills to a job description. It’s about finding individuals who’ve navigated the startup landscape before or possess the right mindset and motivation to drive growth. We ensure that each hire isn’t just a strong performer but a cornerstone for your startup’s success.

At this critical stage, hiring isn’t just about matching skills to a job description. It’s about finding individuals who’ve navigated the startup landscape before or possess the right mindset and motivation to drive growth. We ensure that each hire isn’t just a strong performer but a cornerstone for your startup’s success.

What we do

This is what we’re best at

This is what we’re
best at

Recruiting

End-to-end recruitment that maps the talent market, delivering deeply vetted, culture-aligned candidates. We streamline the hiring process, providing better-fit hires in less time.

Recruiting

End-to-end recruitment that maps the talent market, delivering deeply vetted, culture-aligned candidates. We streamline the hiring process, providing better-fit hires in less time.

Sourcing

Acquire and scale a robust talent pipeline with proven outreach strategies and highly effective candidate screening processes. We do the heavy lifting to make sure you land your perfect hire.

Sourcing

Acquire and scale a robust talent pipeline with proven outreach strategies and highly effective candidate screening processes. We do the heavy lifting to make sure you land your perfect hire.

Refinement

Collaborate with you to refine your hiring processes from developing proper candidate evaluation criteria to workflow improvements. We help you attract the right talent and streamline decision-making.

Refinement

Collaborate with you to refine your hiring processes from developing proper candidate evaluation criteria to workflow improvements. We help you attract the right talent and streamline decision-making.

Founder Bespoke Consulting

Expert-led 1:1 consulting tailored to your unique business needs. From building hiring playbooks to leveling frameworks and compensation benchmarks, we provide the strategies to accelerate your growth.

Founder Bespoke Consulting

Expert-led 1:1 consulting tailored to your unique business needs. From building hiring playbooks to leveling frameworks and compensation benchmarks, we provide the strategies to accelerate your growth.

Sophie Tung, Founder of Fulltilt Talent

My name is Sophie and I'm the founder of Fulltilt Talent.

I bring over 15 years of experience in startup recruiting, with a focus on early-stage companies building their foundational teams from G&A, GTM, to PDE. My expertise lies in partnering closely with founders and early leaders to make their most crucial hires—those who can truly shape the trajectory of their business.


As a founding member of several recruiting teams throughout my career (Slack, Calm, CoinTracker, Livefyre). I understand the stakes of making key hires right the first time. I thrive on transparency and directness—no bullshit here. I’m all-in and fully committed to championing your vision with urgency and action. Together, we can elevate your company’s success.


Let’s f*ckin’ do this!

I bring over 15 years of experience in startup recruiting, with a focus on early-stage companies building their foundational teams from G&A, GTM, to PDE. My expertise lies in partnering closely with founders and early leaders to make their most crucial hires—those who can truly shape the trajectory of their business.


As a founding member of several recruiting teams throughout my career (Slack, Calm, CoinTracker, Livefyre). I understand the stakes of making key hires right the first time. I thrive on transparency and directness—no bullshit here. I’m all-in and fully committed to championing your vision with urgency and action.


Together, we can elevate your company’s success.


Let’s f*ckin’ do this!

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