We sit down with Jordan Shlosberg, founder & CEO of Atlas, to unpack how an AI-native, memory-driven CRM is changing the way executive search firms win work and deliver. Jordan shares the journey from building an expert network to architecting Atlas’s “remember-everything” engine, why retrofitting old CRMs with AI won’t cut it, and how features like Magic Search and BD signal tracking turn every conversation into a competitive edge.

You’ll learn:

• Memory as a moat: Why storing everything your firm hears, says, reads, and writes becomes your most defensible advantage and how it powers evidence-rich pitch decks and shortlists.
• Magic Search in action: Find “a CEO who loves Pearl Jam” and surface context from calls, emails, and chats without leaving your database.
• Zero-admin BD: Automated tracking of outreach, replies, and next steps with daily “what to focus on” guidance and dynamic heat scoring.
• Exec search vs. contingent: Building for white-glove depth and speed -  present like an exec search firm, even on contingent timelines.
• Adoption playbook: Practical ways to drive AI usage (yes, incentivise it), and why your team should be in ChatGPT/Claude as a bare minimum.
• Migration truths: What it really takes to move CRMs, why the pain is overblown, and why waiting gets costlier when competitors go AI-native.
• Compliance posture: Legitimate interest, consent controls, and one-click deletion - designing flexible workflows for GDPR-sensitive environments. (Not legal advice.)
• Revenue per head lens: How Atlas prioritises features that measurably increase billing beyond shiny demos.
• Team & build philosophy: Why a larger engineering org (and ruthless feedback loops: “tell us what you hate”) shapes a better product, faster.

About Jordan Shlosberg
Founder & CEO of Atlas. Previously built an expert network business from scratch to significant scale; early to applied AI in search and knowledge retrieval; product thinker obsessed with turning conversations into searchable, reusable firm intelligence.

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