Startup Accelerator

About Us

About Us

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WE HELP STARTUPS

SUCCEED & SCALE QUICKLY

OUR MISSION

To improve life for the people we serve.

Honesty, integrity, and ethics guide each and every of our decisions. We have been and will always be relationship driven and people focused firm. We love our portfolio of companies, but quite frankly we just love their employees and executives much more. We promise to create a remarkable experience for everyone in The Startup Accelerator family, while maintaining an uncompromising commitment to quality.

These philosophies are not just rhetoric. Just ask anyone at our company. Our core Values are not words on the wall or pretty phrases on a web page, they are the very soul of our company, and this is who we are.

People come first, always. Success stems from execution, not just idea. We are technologists first and team builders second. Top talent is always in demand, in order to meet this demand you must supply a great culture that promotes innovation and transparency.

One bad employee will ruin a team, one bad leader will ruin a company so have zero tolerance for dysfunction. Don’t join an easy crowd — you won’t grow. Go where the expectations and the demands to perform and achieve are high.

OUR VALUES

People come first, always.

Tristan Couvares
Founder & CEO

MEET THE FOUNDER

Tristan Couvares currently runs Los Angeles’ startup consulting firms targeting venture and private equity-backed startups, The Startup Accelerator.

With over 12 years of experience right here in Southern California his fingerprints are all over most, if not all of our most innovative and exciting firms.

Prior to founding The Startup Accelerator, he was an early employee at TrueCar.com where he helped the company scale to a $1b initial public offering. Before that, Tristan was a President’s Club member for Robert Half International, the nation’s oldest and largest recruitment firm. As well as being an Investment Banking Analyst for Credit Suisse and working as an engineer for many years.

Tristan received two Bachelors Degrees in Economics and Applied Mathametics from the University of Connecticut, where he was awarded the Nutmeg Scholar (full four-year academic scholarship), and the University Scholar (highest academic distinction).

ENDORSEMENTS

Andrew McVeigh

Chief Architect @ LiveRamp

” I’ve known Tristan for a number of years across a few different companies, and I’ve always been impressed by his ethical approach and deep interest in the people he places. He really is quite unique in my view, and he goes out of his way to place people in the right positions. He’s one of the few recruiters i’ve purposely kept in touch with over the years and I’d gladly work with him again. “

Alex Chan

VP of Engineering

” Tristan got a great attitude and easy to work with. He adapts tomy requirements and after a few interviews the candidates vastly improve over time. “

Bruce Krysiak

MIT Media Lab / Tech Visionary and Innovator

” Tristan impressed me with his ability to find and pull in solid tech folks and is always willing to do what it takes to get things done. He excels at staying in a supportive (not pushy) zone with candidates, and knows the secrets to getting someone over the line and into a job, as well as being able to balance the company needs in the equation. Tristan would be a great asset to any tech recruiting organization – startup or no. “

Keith Bussell

Chief Technology Officer at Tradesy

” After just a very short time working with Tristan, he was able todiscern the type of candidate I was looking for from the stream of résumés coming in. He saved me and my team a great deal oftime. I hope I have the opportunity of working with him in thefuture. “

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