Executive Vesting Tracker

A data platform tracking vesting cycles of top tech executives (VP level and above) to predict when they might be open to new opportunities. The platform would help optimize executive recruiting by identifying when high-value talent is most likely to switch jobs.

Key Points:

• Target Market:

  • Top 1% of Silicon Valley talent
  • VP, SVP and C-suite executives
  • Individuals with compensation packages worth $1M+

• Core Data Asset:

  • Track 4-year vesting cycles
  • Monitor when executives are approaching the end of their vesting period
  • Identify optimal timing for recruitment outreach

• Business Model Options:

  • Build a recruiting data business
  • Create a recruiting service business leveraging the data
  • Sell data/insights to existing recruiting firms

• Challenge Identified:

  • Traditional recruiting is network-based and relationship-driven
  • Getting recruiters to adopt a data-driven approach could be difficult
  • May work better as a services business with data as competitive advantage

• Value Proposition:

  • Help identify when top talent is most likely to consider moves
  • Optimize timing of recruitment efforts
  • Reduce cost and improve success rate of executive recruiting

Note: Speaker indicated this was just an idea they considered but never executed on, and acknowledged potential implementation challenges.