TopSDRs

Helping high-caliber, early-career professionals land sales roles at fast-growing startups backed by top tier investors. So far in 2025 year we've placed SDRs at companies like Tennr, Tabs, Outtake, AutogenAI, Astra, Proton.ai, SKUSafe, TrueRoll, Drumkit and more

Managing Partner

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Helping teams delegate work to elite, Philippines-based talent. Our clients range from young startups backed by firms like Sequoia Capital and a16z to established enterprises with 1,000+ employees and $100M+ in revenue.

Owner

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Head of Sales

Rattle

Sales Development Representative

Barclays Corporate & Investment Bank

Assistant Vice President High Yield Credit Sales

Analyst High Yield Credit Sales

Virbar

Co-Founder

Barclays Investment Bank

Sales & Trading Summer Analyst

Harvard College Consulting Group

Analyst

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In 2022, after 2.5 years at an investment bank, I quit my job to become an SDR at a Series-A startup. At the time, it seemed like a risky move, but in retrospect it was the best career decision I could have made. Being an SDR taught me invaluable lessons about how to handle rejection, manage objections, build relationships, and ultimately sell. 

Today, I am the Managing Partner at TopSDRs, a search firm focused on placing exceptional early career professionals into sales roles at startups backed by the world's best investors. We've worked with companies like Tennr, Tabs, Outtake, AutogenAI, Air, Knot, Proton.AI and Drumkit who are backed by investors like General Catalyst, Emergence, a16z, Insight, CRV, Avenir, Felicis, Index and more. 

If you are a high performer interested in startups feel free to DM me or send a note to andrew@topsdrs.com.

one thing that's pretty wild to me is how much of business building depends on finding people who are willing to bet on you. 

1.5 years ago, I vividly remember having a conversation with my Dad about whether I should keep pushing in my pursuit of building TopSDRs or just throw in the towel. 

At that point, we were still mostly an outbound consultancy and had only done two placements, both of which had been opportunistic from existing customers. 

1.5 years later, things look completely different. Every week, we are doing placements with companies and candidates I could have only dreamed of working with just 18 months ago. Not only that, my brother Chris Wilkins is also now my business partner. It's truly surreal. 

As I reflect on the path to this point, there is one key thing that I keep coming back to: the people who have been willing to take a bet on us as we’ve built. 

For us at TopSDRs, these people are the founders, investors, and GTM leaders who have heard me and Chris out, seen our vision, and believed in our ability to execute on their searches for them. 

Two weeks ago, Chris and I had the opportunity to say thank you to a group of these people in person. We rented out the back room at L’Artusi in NYC and hosted 15 incredible investors, operators, and GTM leaders, all of whom saw something in us and were willing to give us a shot at one point or another. 

Of course, we are by no means done. Our goals for TopSDRs are only growing, but every now and then, it’s good to pause and say thank you to the people who saw something when others may not have. 

Jack Buckmelter Dillon Dunteman Joseph Turtel Peter Sweeney Madeleine Goldberg Skyler Mickunas Hannah Suh Sam M. GS S. Jared Sleeper Liam H. Mulcahy Eric M. JP Gschwind 

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this is a pretty awesome SDR story that I think is worth sharing. 

a few weeks ago on Oct. 1 my phone started ringing. I didn’t recognize the number, but I decided to pick it up just for kicks. 

On the other end was an SDR named Paul Ladouceur. 

We had never met before, but he told me that he had come across TopSDRs on LinkedIn and wanted to chat about potentially finding a new role at a startup. 

I told Paul I’d be happy to chat more and we set time for a longer call the following day. 

Over the course of the next six days Paul and I connected several more times including in-person at our October Happy Hour. Within ten days we had him in front of several of our partner companies, within three weeks he had an offer in hand, and within four weeks Paul, @chris, and I were out to dinner in NoHo celebrating Paul’s new role on the GTM team at Shield. 

The whole saga was such a good reminder for me of how it’s always worth it to take the leap and do the uncomfortable thing. I’m sure Paul had a million reasons pop up in his head NOT to make that initial call. However, he pushed through those and in the end he is joining the founding GTM team at one of the most impressive businesses we’ve ever worked with. 

In addition to Paul, I also want to extend a HUGE congratulations to Jake Wornow and James Lewis who will also be joining the founding GTM team at shield. Each of these guys have great stories in their own right too. 

Jake replied to a cold DM that I sent him out of the blue and was willing to hop on the phone with me to hear me out and James has been a staple of our SDR network here in NYC for some time now. He’s come to many of our in-person events, supported us as we’ve built, and has left a great impression every time we’ve connected. 

Congratulations to all three guys and thank you to Casey Botts and the team at Shield for running such a great process. We’re excited to be a part of this initial build out and can’t wait to follow along as you continue growing!

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