Dan Field

Head of Recruitment @ DealFuel 🚀 | 350+ clients served | 700+ successful placements | $85M in monthly added revenue | All Glory to God ✝️

[Dan Field @fielddan_]

I joined DealFuel over 2yrs ago when we were the new kids on the block... no one took us seriously. Last week we bought our 3rd competitor and now NO ONE can ignore us!

DealFuel just acquired Find Me Staffing Solutions, a Florida based recruitment firm run by Chris Dietz. Active team, live client book, real revenue moving every month. Third direct competitor we've absorbed, second this year.

18 months ago when I joined DealFuel as an AM, the function looked completely different. We placed reps one at a time, and each closer search was its own island. The tools were whatever you cobbled together. Client onboarding meant a Notion doc and a phone call.

Today: 350+ clients serviced, 800+ placements made, just under 10,000 reps on the platform, documented placement playbooks, leaderboards by AM and by client, a real screening rubric every rep moves through, and infrastructure that sits underneath every account I run.

So when I see DealFuel acquire a recruitment business with its own team, its own client book, and its own way of doing things, what I'm watching is the same evolution at industry scale. We're putting other recruitment firms on the rails we've built.

The detail that's worth pulling out from this one: Chris ran his own diligence on Dev with other top operators before he sold. He wasn't handing 2 years of work to just anyone. The acquisitions that close cleanest are the ones where both sides do the homework. Each one makes the next one cleaner.

Acquisition 4 is in conversation. Welcome aboard Chris and team.

[Dan Field @fielddan_]

@devantae_masaun never seen anything like it lol

[Devantae Masaun @devantae_masaun]

DEALFUEL ANNOUNCEMENT 📣:

For the first time ever we’re closing onboarding to DealFuel for sales reps.

We’ve had an influx of people join over last 4 days and our onboarding team is absolutely slammed.

We have literally 0 space in the calendar lol and we can’t hire someone new fast enough.

So we decided to close new member enrolments until further notice.

The 1-1 onboarding enrolment call is paramount to streamlining the quality of the members and we would never compromise it for money.

If you’re a sales rep and want to join DF reach out to sign up to the waitlist to be notified as soon as we open slots again.

We will be increasing qualification requirements to join when we reopen.

I remember first launching worrying if anybody at all would want to join lol

We now have thousands of members and demand is soaring more and more each month. Crazy.

[Dan Field @fielddan_]

🚨 HIRING B2B CLOSER 🚨

This is one of the best vehicles I've seen for a closer to build serious wealth.

A boutique investment bank with ex-presidents, senior advisors, and financiers who have collectively transacted tens of billions of dollars.

Q1 leaderboard (the slowest quarter of the year):

#1: $123,000 in commissions
#2: $97,500 in commissions
#3: $95,700 in commissions

💰 Compensation

Base (ramp): $1,500/month for 60 days

OTE: $40,000-$60,000+ per month

Price Points: $40k+

Commission: 15%

You thrive here if:

- You have a genuine interest in finance, capital raising, M&A, or investment banking

- You're mentally resilient and hungry to build real wealth over 2-3 years

- You can hold a professional, polished conversation with sophisticated business owners and founders

- You're 100% full-time with no side gigs, no exceptions

You'll step into:

- 70 inbound, warm, pre-qualified calls per week once ramped

- A 2-week sales cycle across 3-6 calls per prospect

- Deals ranging from $40,000-$70,000+ in upfront advisory fees, plus a success fee on the raise

- A promotion pathway to VP level with a $10,000/month base plus commission

Why this role is different:

- Prospects already know the fee before they get on the call with you.

- The market is any US-based business or startup seeking capital, which is enormous.

- The firm is in an early-growth phase right now. Once it scales, these seats will be locked down.

If you're interested, comment "BANKING" and message me personally.

Full-time commitment. Serious applicants only.

[Dan Field @fielddan_]

A rep posted this screenshot in the wins channel back in October where he sent his Mum $8,000.

The reason they got into sales stuck with me:

They wrote that years ago, the trigger was a tweet from @devantae_masaun

Dev had posted about sending his mum on vacation off a sales pay check. The rep saw it, and that one post was enough to make them get into sales.

Fast forward to October and they're able to do the same.

I've been at DealFuel long enough to watch this loop play out a lot of times. Someone sees a result, projects themselves into it, and a few years later they're the result someone else projects into.

The reps who keep posting wins do it for a reason. The next person reading them is the reason.

[Dan Field @fielddan_]

@devantae_masaun What a journey - soon we'll own the entire Monopoly board!

[Devantae Masaun @devantae_masaun]

OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: DEALFUEL ACQUIRED FIND ME STAFFING SOLUTIONS.

3 acquisitions in 6 months.

HireSalesReps - Closify - Find Me Staffing

5 years ago I wrote “DealFuel” at the top of my notepad.

What turned from a scribble on some paper has become one of the fastest growing recruitment companies this space has ever seen.

In the matter of 15 months we went from $0 to multi million dollar valuation, physical offices and double digit team, with zero funding.

I wrote every single detail down and read it back like a script to a movie again and again until it started to hapen.

DealFuel has never been just a way to make money.

It was something I built mentally during periods of my life where externally I had absolutely nothing.

But during that time, I had this overwhelming belief that this idea would change my life.

I did other things since, but I would always find myself glancing at the scribbles in that notebook until I could not deny the itch that needed to be scratched.

This third acquisition is proof that DealFuel is no longer just an idea I believed in privately.

It’s become an undeniable force in this industry.

We're building a company with enough pull that the entire market feels its presence.

You cannot discuss sales recruitment without our name in it now.

The mission continues to become the premium provider for sales recruiting, and we will leave no stone unturned in this pursuit.

To all our existing clients, this further strengthens our position with even more high calibre candidates, and for sales reps, our flow of opportunity is stronger than it's ever been.

[Devantae Masaun @devantae_masaun]

The average monthly income in India is $395.

It’s less than the membership to DF but Abishek saved up and got himself inside. Fair fucks.

How many of you would have the bolloxs to invest the equivalent of a monthly salary into anything?

He defied all odds by securing an SDR role for an 8 figure company and made OVER $10,000 last month.

Bro worked on his accent to sound better on the phone, practised English for hours self taught and made himself undeniable.

Some of you are quick to run jokes about someone’s accent but the guy you paid for sales training could never make 10k per month dialling cold leads 🤣

Without warm organic leads most of you shit ur pants so remember that.

That’s the type of person I respect.

Not excuses. Not victim mindset. Not waiting around for permission.

THAT IS WHAT YOU CALL A REAL MF G.

DISCLAIMER : DEALFUEL IS FOR EXPERIENCED SALES REPS AND THIS IS NOT A CALL OUT TO BEGINNERS AROUND THE WORLD TO JOIN.

This just shows the power of DF :

Best offers and best reps AROUND THE GLOBE 🌍

[Dan Field @fielddan_]

@devantae_masaun very exciting opportunity with fast growing and mission driven company, one of the best cultures I've seen in a long time.

[Devantae Masaun @devantae_masaun]

I'm looking to speak with SDRs based in Tampa or based in the US, but willing to relocate.

This is an unreal opportunity for a very unique business.

This is an 8 figure organisation with a very well oiled sales team.

The role has ZERO cold calling. All the leads are warm and opt in data so you're talking to leads with high intent.

Compensation 💰 :

- Base Pay: $4,000 per month

- OTE: $8,000–$10,000+ per month

Top Performer Earnings: $9,000 last month

** MUST HAVES **

- 4 MONTHS DIALLING BASED SALES EXPERIENCE

- BASED IN TAMPA OR US STATE BUT WILLING TO RELOCATE (THIS COMPANY WILL NOT CONSIDER INTERNATIONAL CANDIDATES WHO WANT TO MOVE OR BE SPONSORED)

IF you meet the specs or are interested, comment "TAMPA" or DM me "TAMPA"

If you refer somebody for this role successfully, we will pay $750.

[Dan Field @fielddan_]

In November, Camryn landed a closer role through DealFuel.

He's now cleared $100k+ in commission and been promoted to Head of Sales.

He joined 2 years ago for $299.

The ROI conversation is obvious, but that's not the point.

In those 2 years, what Camryn actually built:

- Real reps in the trenches. Dialling, prospecting, triaging, closing.
- A skillset he owns forever. It taught him to fish. He'll never go hungry.
- A network that opens doors he'd never find on his own.
- A career path that didn't exist until he showed up consistently.

His words, not mine:

"There is no community or job board in the space that produces results like this."

He's right.

Well deserved, brother. Your numbers as Head of Sales are going to be something else 🙏

[Dan Field @fielddan_]

A lot of sales reps I work with don't have a long term vision.

They want to work an offer part time. Or just until the end of the year. Or they're running their own high ticket coaching or business on the side and want some extra income, but they won't go all in.

And it stunts their growth MASSIVELY.

The ones who actually win, they locked in, mastered the skillset, and gave it everything they had.

Now reps who hit $1M CC are launching sales training programs. Teaching the same word tracks. The same frameworks. The same advice.

But that $1M collected was on one offer. One vertical. One ICP. One price point. And they were in a great vehicle. Good marketing, a strong funnel, leads being spoon fed to them. The infrastructure was already there. They just had to show up and perform.

They never had to adapt. Never sold across different industries. Never adjusted their approach for a different type of buyer. And now they're standing in front of a room teaching people trying to close in completely different offers.

There is nothing wrong with building your own thing. But at least master the skill set first before you start teaching it to others.

[Dan Field @fielddan_]

Most closers chasing $30k months will never hit $15k.

Not because they can't close. Because they skipped the part where you actually get good.

A rep hits $8k in a decent month. They see someone on Instagram claiming $50k. Suddenly $8k feels like failure. So they jump. New offer, new niche, new guru. Same result.

$10k to $15k a month is what a genuinely skilled closer makes in a solid role. Consistently. Month after month.

Anything beyond that is usually the offer, the ticket price, the lead flow, and the vehicle does most of the heavy lifting.

The reps who actually build solid careers in this space stayed put long enough to get uncomfortable. Worked bad leads in the trenches, and mastered one offer before making a transition.

It has been glorified to jump ship when things get difficult, instead of providing value and actually building leverage inside a company.

If you take short cuts, you get cut short.

[Dan Field @fielddan_]

18 months ago retention was a comp problem.

In 2026 it's almost entirely structural:

The version of "why are good reps leaving" I was answering in late 2024 looked completely different to the one I'm answering now.

Back then the conversation was almost always about OTE. A founder lost a rep, the rep cited a higher offer, and the fix on paper was to bump base or rework the comm ladder. Worked sometimes, didn't more often.

The 5 levers that actually hold reps in 2026 have shifted. From what I've watched land across cohorts, in priority order:

1. Comp aligned to client outcomes

Tying commission to retention and expansion, not just initial close. The offers I saw build this in around mid-2025 are the ones still holding their reps now. The ones still paying purely on first-deal close are the ones I'm rehiring for.

2. Progression pathways

Rep to lead to manager to VP, written down before the rep starts. Two years ago I rarely saw this. Now the offers that have it locked are the ones reps stay on past month 9.

3. Investment in development

Training budget, coaching, tools paid for. The shift here over the last 18 months is reps now ask about it in the second interview. They didn't in 2024.

4. Ownership

Territory, accounts, process input. The reps who stay long-term are the ones who got handed something they could shape. The ones who churn are the ones who got handed a script.

5. Stay interviews

Quarterly conversation that asks what would make them leave and what would make them stay 2 more years. The newest of the 5 levers in my book - I started seeing offers run these around Q3 2025. The retention numbers on those offers are visibly different.

If you've lost 2+ reps in the last 12 months, the pattern I've watched play out is the structure, not the market. Comp is the lever founders reach for first because it's the easiest to change. The other 4 are the ones that actually move retention.

Worth flagging: this list looked nothing like this 18 months ago. The offers that updated are the ones I want to place reps into now.

What lever shifted in your team's retention picture this year?

[Dan Field @fielddan_]

2 years ago my calendar was 80% finding the right reps.

Now it's mostly check-ins at the 30, 60 and 90 day mark.

Most recruiters haven't noticed what actually changed.

In 2024 you got paid to find the right rep. Now you're getting paid to make sure that rep is still going 3 months later. That's a different job in itself.

The same thing kept happening through mid-2025. Rep gets placed, founder's happy in week 2, then somewhere between week 6 and week 10 something comes up. Usually the onboarding, the pay structure, or something the rep is just guessing on. By the time the founder says something, the rep is already halfway out the door.

The 30 day check-in catches that before it gets to week 6. The 60 day catches the next thing. The 90 day tells you whether they're going to stick around past month 6.

If your calendar still looks like it did in 2024, mostly finding people with the odd client call, you're going to start losing reps you did a good job placing. The job has changed. Keeping someone in seat past month 3 is where you actually see success now.

The founders who built these check-ins into their own calendar before I did are the ones we keep scaling with aggressively.

What does your post-placement strategy look like?

[Dan Field @fielddan_]

12 months ago, only 12.5% of our clients wanted a sales manager.

Now EVERYONE does.

A year ago the conversation was always around finding a strong closer, maybe with a bit of team lead experience. An actual sales manager title barely came up.

Now it's the first thing founders ask for.

I've got one open right now in a coaching business. Not a closer who manages on the side. A PROPER sales manager who runs the floor, owns the call reviews and is responsible for what the team produces.

The people who have done this well in the past all had one thing in common. They were already coaching and mentoring in their last role without anyone asking them to. No extra title, no extra pay. Just someone the team went to.

For this one I'm looking for someone who:

- Has been closing warm inbound at $5K+ for at least 2 years

- Has managed a few closers before, even informally

- Is comfortable giving direct feedback in front of the team

- Can work closely with a founder who is very involved

- Will follow the process rather than reinvent it

The founder knows exactly what they want the floor to look like. This role is about running it properly, NOT reshaping it.

If that sounds like where you are right now, comment "MANAGER" and I'll send you the details.

Full-time commitment. Serious applicants only.

[Devantae Masaun @devantae_masaun]

DealFuel expands into Field Sales Positions.

We now have full placement coverage across every aspect of sales.

We've now successfully staffed reps into :

- High Ticket Closers
- Appointment Setters
- B2B Account Execs
- B2B SDRs
- Sales Managers
- Enterprise Account Exec
- Full Cycle Sales Reps
- Field Sales Reps
- VP Of Sales

We are expanding in every capacity. Our team has 3x. Since December, our placement volume has doubled, and our revenue has jumped 40%+ MOM.

SEE YOU AT THE TOP!

[Dan Field @fielddan_]

@devantae_masaun we do it all now

[Dan Field @fielddan_]

@BoloScout well deserved