This letter is to thank you sincerely for your partnership of over 25 years in bringing "World Class" talent to companies I have an interest, whether that be in the past supporting [venture capital firm's] investments or more recent years for companies I sit on Boards and/or have a personal investment!

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BMS has been my "Go To" search partner relating to all consumer-facing companies when I am seeking to build out C-level leadership teams. Significantly, your first assignment with [the firm] many years ago was a VPGM within one of our portfolio companies, you inherited the search from a major retained search firm which had failed for six months to fill the position. Both the CEO and I were blown away with your team’s ability to fill this position and four other VP level roles from start of engagement to the start date of these candidates in 5 weeks.

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You and your team separate yourselves from your competitors in many ways, but the one that stands out to me most is how you operate as owners and are fully committed to delivering extraordinary results that are lasting for shareholders, teammates and placed executives, ensuring a long-term match. The sense of urgency, the rapid speed of “successful” searches and the quality of the candidates delivered has been exceptional. In particular, I have been very impressed and pleased with your personal ownership of our company's success. Beyond the many critical search successes, you have proven to be of great value to our team; your investment in the overall success of company's you have served has been evident through your willingness to also advise us on relevant management issues. You and your team always spend a significant amount of time upfront to better understand the needs of the company and determining ideal candidate profiles, which has resulted in outstanding hires.

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Your ability to identify the ideal individual and close them by speaking as an "owner" and framing the "Why"! You help the highly sought after executive see his or her future and the impact they will make within the company you are recruiting, the marketplace it is disrupting and how it will change the trajectory of that executive’s career and personal life! By intimately understanding the company's business model and investment thesis you are able to speak with intelligence and passion that resonates with executives who are high impact leaders.

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Congratulations to you and Ish for building and retaining such a strong and committed team. It is rare to find a firm in your space that has such lengthy tenure working together. It translates into efficiency, speed and effectiveness. The "grit" and work ethic of you and your team is a massive separator from the highly transactional and often bureaucratic and slow-moving large firms.

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I am excited to see the talent you and the team will deliver for our current confidential CEO, CFO and CRO searches. This company will be one of our most disruptive and important companies to date. Thank you for your partnership!

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