We dive into one of the most critical components of company building, recruiting product leaders (and executives in general), with Andrew Abramson of Riviera Partners -- one of the most elite search firms in silicon valley. We cover first how companies and founders should think about recruiting senior leaders, from knowing when you're ready to working with search firms. Then we dive into the other side, how product managers should think about managing and progressing in their own careers toward senior leadership roles. Thanks to Andrew for joining us and we hope everyone can take away something applicable for their own companies and careers! ---------- Great Founders think about the product; Exceptional Founders think about who should lead the company vs who should lead the product. They sound similar but they are very, very different.  – Andrew Abramson, @AndrewA91   Be sure to follow the Acquired Podcast: Acquired.fm @AcquiredFM Let People Know You’re An LP on Twitter!   Show Bookmarks: [00:00] – Show intro and introduction of Andrew Abramson [02:35] – What is Executive Search? Why, and how it works? [08:50] – The recruiting process [13:30] – How is the recruiting process managed? [16:30] – How does the company and the candidate interact? [21:55] – What separates from good and great in the Executive Search? [28:50] – How does compensation work? [33:35] – Where should a candidate start? How can a candidate determine if they’re ready? [39:15] – What skills and jobs does a strong potential candidate have on their resume? [43:20] – Common misconceptions in Executive Search?   People Worth Knowing: Andrew Abramson Meg Whitman Jeffrey Katzenburg Evan Spiegel April Underwood Tom Conrad Kathryn Gould David Beirne   Companies Mentioned in Episode: Riviera Snapchat Dollar Shave Club Safire Partners WndrCo Quibi Pandora Twitter Slack Zoom DropBox Zillow LinkedIn Foundation Capital Benchmark Google   Episode Specific Terms: Executive Search Executive Recruiter Product Management Product Led Founder/CEO Consumer Product vs B2B Product   Ben and David’s Affiliations: Wave Capital, @WaveCapitalVC Pioneer Square Labs, @psl Follow Acquired: @AcquiredFM, acquired.fm Let People Know You’re an LP on Twitter! Suggestions and Feedback: acquiredfm@gmail.com