David Windley

6 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Nov 25, 2025 by David Windley · across every show →

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Nov 25, 2025 bullish

Assertion Supported

Windley: Recruiting firm sustained 30% CAGR from under $1M base

“We were growing at 30% a year. Kager was, you know, we started less than a million, like I said, and grew it, you know, from 20 14 through the teens.”

David Windley Nov 25, 2025 ▶ 3:09 He Built a Mutual Fund Out of 200 Recruiting Clients and Hit $50M

Nov 25, 2025 negative

Disclosure

Windley's recruiting business lost 75% of revenue at COVID-19 onset

“We dropped. 75% of the business. I put people on furlough, which was ended up being a good move instead of laying them off completely.”

David Windley Nov 25, 2025 ▶ 2:06 He Built a Mutual Fund Out of 200 Recruiting Clients and Hit $50M

Nov 25, 2025 negative

Insight

Windley: Building a software startup inside a services firm drains P&L

“Because we were investing in a software startup within a. Professional services company, and it's a drain on the P and L right.”

David Windley Nov 25, 2025 ▶ 16:04 He Built a Mutual Fund Out of 200 Recruiting Clients and Hit $50M

Nov 25, 2025

Insight

Windley: Character, not competence, is the differentiator in executive hiring

“When you're hiring executives at one of these big companies, someone's going to be competent at all the things you need, right? You're hiring a CMO, you're hiring a chief technical, you're hiring a sales leader. They're going to be good at what they do. And th…”

David Windley Nov 25, 2025 ▶ 28:01 He Built a Mutual Fund Out of 200 Recruiting Clients and Hit $50M

Nov 25, 2025 bullish

Assertion Supported

Windley: Recruiting firm peaked at about $50M in revenue

“We peaked at about fifty million dollars in revenue.”

David Windley Nov 25, 2025 ▶ 2:42 He Built a Mutual Fund Out of 200 Recruiting Clients and Hit $50M

Nov 25, 2025 positive

Insight

Windley: Internal Executive Recruiting Teams Are More Efficient Than External Search

“All my tech companies that I worked for, we hired internal staff, even at executive recruiting, because it was just a more efficient, better model”

David Windley Nov 25, 2025 ▶ 6:50 He Built a Mutual Fund Out of 200 Recruiting Clients and Hit $50M

David Windley

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