About the firm
The Fortune 500 kept this advantage private for a century.
Executive leverage — the EA, the Chief of Staff, the true second-in-command — is how the biggest companies in the world multiply their leaders. Shotgun Partners exists to arm the self-made founder with the same machine.
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Nobody builds an empire alone.
Every self-made fortune has a second chair in the story. Most just never make the cover.
02
The seat matters more than the title.
An assistant, a Chief of Staff, a second-in-command — the label is trivia. What they own is everything.
03
Talent deserves a craft, not a gig.
Our operators are W-2 employees with benefits, coaching, and a ladder — because the person behind a founder should be building a career, not filling an hour.
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Tell founders the truth, even when it’s cheaper.
We recommend the smaller Seat when it’s the right one. A mis-leveled hire fails, and failed hires don’t refer.
How a firm earns the seat beside a founder.
Selection, run like a gauntlet
Skills under load, a live simulation of a real founder’s Tuesday, references we find ourselves, and a chemistry match. Nobody reaches a founder on a résumé.
How we workThe desk model
Behind every operator: a desk manager and a bench, watching in real time. A single hire is a single point of failure. Ours isn’t.
Real employment
Right Hands are our W-2 employees with benefits — not contractors from a marketplace. Zero payroll or compliance risk lands on you.
Level honesty
Prices published. Fees as a percentage of base, never total comp. And the honest read on which Seat you need, even when it’s the cheaper one.
Our clients don’t appear on our website, and they never will. Founders tell people who’s behind them when they choose to — we don’t do it for them.
Where this is going
Built to become the most trusted name in the world for placing Right Hands, Chiefs of Staff, and Running Mates.
Not the biggest, not the loudest — the standard. The firm a founder names when someone asks who’s behind them, and the seat the best operators in the country work to earn.
Why “Shotgun”?
The shotgun seat is the one beside the driver — trusted with the map, the radio, and the miles. Nobody drives an empire cross-country alone.
