Paul Ahlstrom
CEO & Co-Founder IsoTalent, Co-Founder TechBuzz, Author Nail It Then Scale It
South Jordan, Utah
Overview
Work Experience
CEO
2019 - Current
IsoTalent is a technology enabled recruiting service that is disrupting the recruiting industry. (Think Uber for recruiting) IsoTalent provides customers transparency into the hiring process and saves customers 60% to 70% over traditional recruiting models. The key to the IsoTalent model an hourly rate for recruiting services instead of charging a percentage of the annual salary, enabling dramatic cost savings for businesses and better customer alignment. Similar to an attorney, companies turn the IsoTalent recruiting service on and off as they need it. Core to the IsoTalent recruiting process is the IsoConnect software platform which gives each stakeholder transparency into the process. The IsoTalent innovations and model improve candidate fit, reduces time to fill and significantly reduces the average recruiting cost.
Chairman
2021
Meridian Therapeutics produces GVAX a novel cancer vaccine for multiple myeloma.
Investment Committee
2018
Krealo is a Corporate VC and Company Builder @ Credicorp, one of Latin America's largest financial conglomerates. Krealo focuses on creating and scaling digital products and services tailored for MSMEs and retail customers across Latin America. Krealo's mission is to foster financial inclusion by leveraging innovative fintech solutions to meet the evolving needs of underserved markets.
Board Member
2015
Angel Studios is a disruptive Movie Studio and media company that allows creators and audiences to form passionate communities around their creative projects, making the story behind the show as important as the final project itself. The studios' first projects -- The Chosen and Dry Bar Comedy -- have earned billions of views around the world.
Angel Studios is a video streaming service and media company that finances its productions through equity crowdfunding.
Raised $88,816,316.00 from Uncorrelated Ventures, Alta Ventures Mexico, Kickstart and Gigafund.
Managing Director
2009
Early stage financing for Latin America's high-tech entrepreneurs
Co-Founder
2020
TechBuzz.news is a voice for the Utah Entrepreneur. TechBuzz.News publishes news on the latest Utah start-up life, venture financings, job openings, culture and tech news.
Author
2011
In early 2010 Nathan Furr and I published the first "black cover" version of entrepreneur startup guide "Nail It Then Scale It" a year before the Lean Startup movement hit. In June 2011 we published the second "Red Cover" edition of the book. It is amazing to see the impact the book has had all over the world. Nail It Then Scale it, is now available on Audible, iTunes, Kindle, Amazon and has been printed in English, Spanish and Chinese.
Co-Founder Partner
2007
Growth equity for middle market Mexican companies
Advisory Board Member & Mentor Google Launchpad Accelerator
2015 - 2020
Love working as a startup mentor with the Google Accelerator and the team at Google Launchpad. https://developers.google.com/startups/accelerator/
Google is a multinational corporation that specializes in Internet-related services and organizes the world’s information.
Raised $26,100,000.00 from Angel Investors LP, Kleiner Perkins, Signatures Capital, Sequoia Capital, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Shaquille O'Neal, Henry Kissinger, Google and Tiger Woods.
Board Member
2012 - 2019
I was the seed investor into MURAL. MURAL is the market leader in digital-first visual collaboration. MURAL is more than an online whiteboard, MURAL is where everyone contributes equally and hard problems are solved faster. MURAL is used globally by thousands of corporations such as IBM and educators such as Stanford to enable design thinking throughout the organization. Mural’s design thinking capabilities empowers teams to merge the worlds of digital and physical collaboration, enabling new strategic planning capabilities.
Mural is a collaborative intelligence company generating effective ideation, innovation, alignment, and team building.
Raised $192,275,000.00 from Tiger Global Management, Insight Partners and Gradient.