Taking On Goliath
In 2013, former co-workers Julie Dacar and Amrita Grewal paired up to build their own staffing firm. Neither imagined that three years later their upstart, Washington, D.C.–based TalEx, would dethrone an industry giant, which also happened to be the parent of their former employer.
AMRITA GREWAL and JULIE DACAR TalEx → Three-year growth 2,698.1% 2016 revenue $14.6 MILLION
JULIE: We worked on the AOL account at the same recruiting firm and placed hundreds of people at the company. When I decided to start TalEx, I begged Amrita to come with me.
AMRITA: By then I had left that firm, gotten married, bought a house, and
