End-to-End Recruiting for Startups: build the team you actually need to reach your next milestones
One owner from team planning and role definition through sourcing, interviews, offer, and onboarding – guided through a founder’s lens, from first hires at pre-Seed through scaling after Series B.
- Three fixed-fee packages, from search support to full executive search
- Milestone-aligned team planning and granular role specification
- Seamless recruiting process, no hand-off disconnects
- Offer, onboarding and early ramp support
Providing what you need to scale your team
All-in-One Recruiting
One owner from role planning to sourcing, interviewing, offer and onboarding, integrating smoothly with founders and any existing recruiters. Available in three packages - see below.
Team Strategy and Planning
Design your team around key milestones with clear commercial and technical roles and a concrete hiring roadmap
Advisory & Team Coaching
Founder-focused guidance on hiring decisions, promotions, and navigating bumps in the road as your company scales
All-in-One Recruiting: three packages
Every search uses the same process (below). The packages differ in how much I take off your plate. Each package is a fixed fee per role, tied to progress milestones.
Light Search Support
A clearly defined role and an interview-ready group of screened candidates - your team runs the later rounds using a process we design together.
- Role profile, job posting, and interview process design
- Resume screening and first screening interviews
- Pre-screened candidates, weekly check-in, guidance through the offer stage
Full Search Management
I run the search end to end on the applicant pipeline - from role definition through screening, interviews, references, and offer - so your team only spends time on the steps and decisions that need you.
- Everything in Light Search Support
- I coordinate and lead the full interview process; your team joins the later stages
- Weekly updates with the hiring manager, reference checks, offer support
Executive Search Partnership
A fully managed search for a high-priority role, including continuous sourcing of passive candidates and support through board presentation, negotiation, and close.
- Everything in Full Search Management
- Sourcing of passive candidates
- On-site interview days, compensation benchmarking, materials for the board, high-touch closing
| Light Search Support | Full Search Management | Executive Search Partnership | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best for | Specialist and associate-level roles | Senior individual contributors and managers | Director/VP-level and other high-priority hires |
| Typical duration | ca. 4-6 weeks to interview-ready candidates | ca. 6-10 weeks | ca. 10-16 weeks |
| Who leads interviews | I lead screening; your team leads later rounds | I lead all interviews; your team joins later stages | I lead all interviews; your team joins later stages |
| Sourcing of passive candidates | Not included | Available as add-on | Included |
| On-site interview participation | Not included | Available as add-on | Included |
| Your team's part | Scheduling, later rounds, references, offer - with my guidance | Scheduling, later interview stages, final decision | Scheduling, later interview stages, final decision |
Not sure which package fits? Most engagements start with a short call to discuss.
Founder-designed Recruiting for Startups
Startups are a unique environment: We have to hire quickly, but hiring mistakes have a very big impact in a small team. I accompany the process end-to-end to ensure speed and high quality, prevent hand-off disconnects, lost context, and duplicated work. We clarify together why a role exists, what “great” looks like, and how it supports your next funding or commercial milestone before any job post goes live. How much of each step I own depends on the package we choose. The process stays the same.
Founder-approved results
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From CTO/CEO to Helping You Build Your Team
I’m a technical founder and former CTO & CEO who now works alongside startup teams to design smarter organizations and run recruiting processes that don’t fall apart at the seams.
After leaving my own startup, I’ve spent more than six years helping deep-tech and hardware companies hire across both technical and commercial roles.
Let's scale your team together
Prefer founder-to-founder conversations?
Many clients start with a short call to discuss their hiring plan. Then we decide together if a full engagement makes sense and which package fits best.