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The new way to scale an executive team and board
Welcome to Bolster, the on-demand executive talent marketplace
Clients
Quickly and cost-effectively fill an executive consulting or board role
Services to assess and benchmark your executive team and board
Members
Find your next flexible executive role
Business development and back office services for the on-demand executive
VC and PE Firms
Connect your CEOs with top talent and advisors
Portfolio services to help you organize your firm’s network of contributors
Trusted by these leading companies
What We Do
Leadership and board roles are mission-critical to the success of any business yet are the hardest roles to fill, especially in dynamic startups and scaleups. More and more companies are using on-demand talent to fill these specialized executive roles and level-up their existing teams.
Bolster is the marketplace to connect high-growth companies with trusted and flexible executive talent. Our platform matches executives with startup and scaleup CEOs based on each company’s unique needs and each executive’s unique experience.
Our services engage our communities of executives, give executives the tools they need to manage their business or consulting practice, help CEOs understand the scalability of their executive teams and boards, and enable investors to seamlessly connect their networks to their portfolio companies.
“As a young company, we needed to find the right fit for a fractional executive role and to find it quickly. Bolster helped us do that quickly and cost-effectively, without any additional overhead.”
Naomi Shah
CEO, Meet Cute
“Bolster addresses the entire spectrum of building an amazing team by starting with those who could be part-time advisors and mentors in a manner that enables both parties to get to know each other. In addition, Bolster’s other services that support a CEO go way beyond transactional value and into long-lasting, company-lasting value.”
Tim Enwall
Head of Misty Robotics
“Working with Bolster has been the perfect way to showcase my work and introduce me to new potential clients. Their process facilitated an introduction with a client that was a great match for both my skills and competencies, as well as the client's needs. Finding fractional work that is a good fit for both parties can be time consuming and challenging, but Bolster’s process is efficient and thorough. I look forward to continuing to leverage the Bolster marketplace.”
Sherri Sklar
CEO and Co-founder, GrowthTera
“Working with Bolster was a game changer. Their rigorous framework for considering functional, leadership and values skills resonated with how we think about people development. Bolster’s unique access to such a curated group of experienced executives is perfect to help fill out teams and boards.”
Nick Mehta
CEO, Gainsight
“As an executive coach, Bolster helps expand my reach and perfectly matches me with assignments where I can have the most impact. The membership community also offers a place to network and refer clients who need support from fractional executive talent, board members or advisors. Bolster helps you determine what functional and leadership skills you need and makes finding the right resource for your specific stage easy.”
Lynne Waldera
Founder & CEO, Inmomentum
“I am very impressed with Bolster’s work with Zylo to help me assess our leadership team and to prioritize where we could focus adding some fractional talent and coaching as a starting point – with immediate access to vetted talent. What a great resource for the startup ecosystem!”
Eric Christopher
CEO, Zylo
“For early stage growth companies, being able to use fractional leadership talent is a great opportunity. Bolster’s unique combination of assessment tools and executive marketplace is a great resource for the startup ecosystem.”
Julie Barker
VP of Talent, Zylo
“Working with Bolster has helped me significantly accelerate our leadership development efforts at Quizlet. Bolster brings the power of a high quality talent marketplace combined with decades of collective wisdom and experience from Matt and his team on scaling an executive team and utilizing the board of directors into an easy to use and simple approach.”
Matthew Glotzbach
CEO, Quizlet