Interview directly with founders of fast-growing startups backed by YC, a16z, Sequoia and more

You’re exceptional. We vouch for you, enabling you to cut through the noise.

Each week, we make hand picked introductions between individuals with ‘founder-energy’ aka dynamism and founders of fast-growth startups

From thousands of profiles, only the most entrepreneurial are invited to our exclusive dynamism network— exited YC CTOs, founding engineers from Unicorns like Brex, Scale AI and Retool and Quant PhDs who've crushed Presidents Club.

Invite only or apply via a mutual connection here

Our founders are backed by almost half of tier-1 funds

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Our network of early stage builders is impressive

30+ YC alum

Ex-CTO / Co-founders

27 Unicorn

Early hires represented

Over 80%

Of network are technical

📢 What members say about dynamism

  • “Increasing your surface area for luck is key in hiring. Traditional recruiters never felt like they were expanding my reach. Dynamism gave me direct access to ex-founders and CTOs—exactly who we love hiring.” - Robert, CTO Founder Wordware.ai (YCs largest ever seed round $30m and ProductHunt company of the year)
  • “It can be tricky for ex-founders to find great companies to work for - Richard and dynamism team went to extreme lengths to support me to successfully land the perfect next role. Dynamism's network is epic and no surprise they've become the go-to for technical Y Combinator alum exploring new opportunities.“ - Technical YC founder (Alum)
  • “Richard’s been backing ambitious founders forever—he even prepped me for YC in 2019. He has an uncanny eye for high-agency people. We just hired an ex-Unicorn operator to build out a new function referred to Dynamism, the kind of candidate who could walk into any startup they wanted.” - Luke H, Head of Growth ElevenLabs.com, Prv Co-founder Fella (YC W20) now at $20m ARR, Head of Product at PostHog
  • “My time is stretched as a CEO, and I don’t have the capacity to sift through hundreds of CVs to find the 1%. Recruiters usually just flood you with options, but Dynamism.io works differently. They’re a network. They asked what I needed, did the heavy lifting, and brought back candidates who were spot on.“ - Fay, CEO Founder Resolutiion.com (LocalGlobe backed, AI-platform for Enterprise dispute resolution )
  • “Before I worked with Dynamism, I always felt like I had to apologize for wanting a perfect fit. But Richard helped me realize it’s okay to keep the bar high and say, ‘No, this candidate isn’t right.’ It was actually pretty transformative for me as a founder.” - Natasha B, CEO Founder SnapMagic.com (YC backed, AI-platform used by 1.5m engineers at orgs incl. Nasa, Apple and McLaren 🏎️ )

⚙️ How it works

"The secret of my success is that we have gone to exceptional lengths to hire the best people in the world." - Steve Jobs, Apple

🤷 Why proven operators join ⚡ dynamism

"The vast majority of founders don’t spend nearly enough time hiring…you should probably be spending between a third and a half of your time hiring " - Sam Altman, Open AI

🤖  How did the network start?

“In the long run, your human capital is your main base of competition.” - Bill Gates, Microsoft

🌟 Why we do this?

"I'd rather interview 50 people and not hire anyone than hire the wrong person." - Jeff Bezos, Amazon

🚀  How fast are you?

"Hire great people…this is 90% of the solution, as hiring wrong can cost you so much." - Elon Musk, SpaceX, Tesla

🤝 “the best hires come from referrals“

"I will only hire someone to work directly for me if I would work for that person." - Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook

 🎉 Our SF in-person events

“A company’s culture is the foundation for future innovation. An entrepreneur’s job is to build the foundation.” - Brian Chesky, Airbnb

Helpful notes on hiring and work

How to hire by Sam Altman

“The vast majority of founders don’t spend nearly enough time hiring. After you figure out your vision and get product-market fit, you should probably be spending between a third and a half of your time hiring. It sounds crazy, and there will always be a ton of other work, but it’s the highest-leverage thing you can do, and great companies always, always have great people.“

How to hire the best people you’ve every worked by Marc Andreessen

“First, drive. I define drive as self-motivation—people who will walk right through brick walls, on their own power, without having to be asked, to achieve whatever goal is in front of them. People with drive push and push and push and push and push until they succeed. Second criterion: curiosity. Curiosity is a proxy for, do you love what you do? Anyone who loves what they do is inherently intensely curious about their field, their profession, their craft. They read about it, study it, talk to other people about it... immerse themselves in it, continuously. And work like hell to stay current in it. Not because they have to. But because they love to.“

Founder Mode by Paul Graham

“In effect there are two different ways to run a company: founder mode and manager mode. Till now most people even in Silicon Valley have implicitly assumed that scaling a startup meant switching to manager mode. But we can infer the existence of another mode from the dismay of founders who've tried it, and the success of their attempts to escape from it.“

Zero to One, Foundations (Ch.9) by Peter Theil "The single greatest task for any founder or CEO is to recruit the right people. No company has a culture; every company is different, and the CEO is the one most responsible for the difference. At PayPal, we hired people who were extremely smart, independent, and had intense personalities. That made them independent-minded and sometimes difficult to manage, but that was okay because their work was exceptional.”