CRO @ Redfish Technology || Providing Disruptive Tech Companies w/ Talent || 24k Followers || Forbes Next 1000 || Girl Mom

Forbes 2021 - Next 1000 Honoree


Chief Revenue Officer at Redfish Technology, where I lead with empathy, strategic insight, and a commitment to building strong relationships. 

As Viola Davis once said, "My dreams are bigger than my fears."

Our Work

Helped a new VP of Sales at an Enterprise AI Client hire the first 3 members of his Sales Team: Our team consulted with the VP to identify the profiles he needed, researched and built a list of target companies to source from, then reached out nationwide to over 350 AEs in our network, interviewed/screened over 70, submitted 30 to the VP for review, and he hired 3 - saving 100’s of man-hours in the process.

We've built out and engineering teams with the top 30 startups across the country.

Placed Director of Growth at a Fintech Startup: After hiring the Director of Growth, we were asked if we could help with two PM roles, they were struggling with filling. We did so in about 5 weeks for both a Platform PM and Mobile PM. This led to an introduction to their Design team, where we have helped them hire 3 Sr. Product Designers.

Leah Scarnegi

Wrapping up 2025 at Redfish Technology 

This year was about prioritizing focus over volume—and building real partnerships, not transactions.

- Strong YoY growth
- Higher acceptance rates + repeat clients
- Faster time-to-fill on more complex, senior roles

But what mattered most?
 
Doing the work the right way—better discovery, tighter alignment, and a truly human approach to hiring.

Grateful for the clients who trusted us, the candidates who partnered with us, and the team that showed up every day.

Onward!


#2025InReview #RecruitingDoneRight #TechHiring #HumanCenteredHiring #RedfishTechnology

Leah Scarnegi 

CRO @ Redfish || Scaling Startups with the Right People || Blaine County Board of Education || Forbes 2021 - Next 1000 Honoree

Redfish’s real differentiator isn’t speed — it’s judgement.

The data backs it up:

• Discovery excellence shows up again and again as a leading indicator of successful outcomes.
• Clients respond to market insight, not just resumes in their inbox.
• Our content, workshops, and POV compound trust long before a search even kicks off.

In a market obsessed with velocity, judgement is what actually scales.

#redfishtechnology #recruiting #hiring

If you’re hiring PMs, ask yourself:

Do candidates have examples of things that didn’t work — and what they changed after?

Can they explain impact in metrics, not just features?

.......And if you’re a PM interviewing right now:

Your job isn’t to be impressive. It’s to be credible.

The best PMs don’t pitch perfection. They show judgment.

#productmanagement #product #hiring #interviewing

Results I’ve helped clients achieve:

- Consultant: Added $30k/month in recurring revenue through YouTube-generated leads.
- Agency Owner: Scaled to 7 inbound clients in 60 days from one content system.
- SaaS Founder: Cut CAC by 40% using YouTube videos as the main traffic driver.
- Coach: Went from 2–3 calls a month to a fully booked calendar in 90 days.
- Entrepreneur: Turned a personal brand channel into a 6-figure inbound funnel.
- Author: Used one YouTube video to sell out an entire workshop.

Every result came from the same system.
Not virality. Not trends. Not influencer tactics.

A strategy-led demand system designed to attract ready-to-buy prospects and turn interest into conversations.

You don’t need millions of views to win.
You need a system that creates demand and captures it.

Here’s how you can get started:
- Check the featured section: We work for you for 60 days, and you don't pay a thing.

Jamie Owers

If you’re new to YouTube:

Don’t be original. Copy others first.

Before you get mad. Hear me out.

When I first started out as a 14-year-old, I wanted to be a YouTube gamer, but I had no idea what I was doing.

I didn’t know:
- How to get video ideas
- How to record
- How to edit videos
- How to create thumbnails

Nothing. 

So I went back to the creators who inspired me in the first place and copied their styles.

I wasn’t trying to be original.
I was trying to learn.

I copied their formats, pacing, titles, and thumbnail styles, because it was already working.

After about 20 videos, I understood the process.
I learned what I enjoyed, what I hated, and what I was actually good at.
The feedback from performance made it obvious which videos to double down on and which to kill.

That’s when originality started to happen naturally.

Fast forward to today, and I see business owners trying to be "unique" from day one.
They aim for groundbreaking content before understanding the fundamentals.
This usually leads to wasted time, generic videos, or no videos at all.

Instead, learn the game first.

→ Find 3-5 successful YouTube channels in your niche (or a related one).
→ Analyze what makes their videos perform: their hooks, their structures, their CTAs.
→ Recreate those proven elements, applying them to your own content and audience.
→ Focus on understanding *why* these tactics work, not just *how* to copy them.
→ Do this for 5 to 20 videos.
→ Once you understand the mechanics and have some momentum, then build your own unique style.

That final step is important, otherwise you will just be seen as a content-stealing c***

$0 for 60-day strategy. I will run your inbound pipeline.

I’ve published over 3,000 videos on YouTube.

What separated the videos that generated leads was simple.

It wasn’t the topic, the editing, or the hook.
It was the placement of the call to action.

Most people get this wrong.
And it quietly kills conversions.

Why your content doesn't generate leads

I walked away from 100,000 subscribers.

Best decision I ever made.

Here's why:

I started YouTube at 14. No strategy. Just uploading whatever.

In 2019, I built a gaming channel. Posted 500 videos in 500 days.

Hit 100K subscribers in 18 months.

From the outside, it looked like I'd made it.

Revenue? $800/month from ad revenue.

That's it.

100,000 people following me. Less than minimum wage.

Fast forward to 2023.

I started a small B2B channel. No gaming. No viral topics. Just business strategy content.

10,000 views per month. 2,400 subscribers.

In 90 days, it generated $40K in revenue.

50x more than the gaming channel ever made.

Meanwhile, my old channels still pull 1.2 million views monthly. I haven't uploaded in years.

They earn $600/month combined.

My small channel with 1/100th the views? $15K/month and climbing.

That's when I learned the game everyone gets wrong.

Here's what actually matters on YouTube:

1. Audience intent beats audience size
→ 10K views from buyers outperforms 1M views from browsers
→ Every single time

2. Alignment beats volume
→ Content that matches your offer converts
→ Random viral content brings random people who never buy

3. Leverage beats grind
→ One strategic video outworks 100 generic ones
→ I work 4 hours/week now instead of 40

4. Sustainability beats sprints
→ Systems you can maintain beat hustle you can't keep up
→ 500 videos in 500 days nearly killed me

The 100K subscriber milestone is a vanity metric.

It means nothing if those subscribers don't connect to your business.

I spent 5 years chasing numbers that didn't move the needle.

The small, focused channel built around real business goals changed everything.

I don't regret the gaming channel. It taught me how YouTube works.

But I'll never chase subscribers again.

Now I chase revenue per view. That's the only metric that matters.

YouTube isn't a platform to look impressive.
It's a system to generate real results.

P.S. Would you rather have 100K subscribers and $800/month or $2K subscribers and $15K/month?

Nobody gives a f*ck what you look like on camera.

You do.

This happens on every other client call.

Clients second-guess everything about their appearance on camera. Their posture, their voice, tiny details they obsess over.

So I pointed out something about myself. My eyes are different sizes.

They'd never noticed it. Ever.

The reaction says everything.

Here's what actually happens when you hit record:

You start auditing yourself.
→ Hairline
→ Weight  
→ Face symmetry
→ Voice tone
→ Every microscopic detail no one has ever commented on

This self-criticism masquerades as quality control.

But it's just avoidance.

Re-recording takes. Tweaking thumbnails. Fixing details that exist only in your head. All framed as "maintaining standards" when it's really just fear.

I've done this myself. I noticed something on camera that bothered me. Once I saw it, I couldn't unsee it.

Started second-guessing recordings. Considering re-shoots. Thinking about fixes in post.

Finally mentioned it out loud.

Nobody had ever noticed. Even after pointing it out, it still didn't matter.

Your viewers aren't analyzing how you look.

They're scanning for three things:
1. Is this relevant to me?
2. Can I understand this?
3. Can this person help me solve my problem?

That's it.

Perfection doesn't generate leads.
Publishing does.

You are harsher on yourself than anyone watching will ever be. The standard you're holding yourself to doesn't exist outside your own mind.

Stop auditing. Start shipping.

P.S. Have you ever delayed recording because you felt self-conscious? Yes or No?

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