Todd Gitlin
Talent Advisor
Todd Gitlin is the Managing Partner & Founder of Safire Partners, one of the leading search firms focused on emerging companies with offices in NY and LA. Safire was founded in 2006, has a team of 25 people and takes on 100 searches annually. Todd has been a recognized leader in executive search since 1999 completing over 800 assignments. Since 2006, Todd has invested in 48 companies and advised countless others in the TenOneTen portfolio.
Hometown + Education
Los Angeles, CA
Chico State is where I went to college, but I learned more from every day in the streets
Founder of
Safire Partners, CareerCreations + a few others
Best business lesson learned?
Failing at scale, which put me back to business service and product being good
Earliest business?
Collecting coins and baseball cards
What brought you to LA?
Born and raised
Best piece of advice
When you think you know everything, you know nothing. When you realize you don't know anything, you know everything. The difference is that you now ask questions.
Any instant deal breakers?
The word “never”
Favorite LA company/founder?
Idealab, Bill Gross
What tech gets you endlessly excited?
Time travel
What are some traits of founders that get you most excited?
A strong network
Why did you join TenOneTen?
David 🙂
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