The Hiring Blueprint

Strategic advice from operators who've scaled teams at your stage

Get 60-90 minutes with experienced CTOs, founders and talent leaders - completely free. No catch, no sales pitch.

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Who is this for?

  • Early-stage founders who need to make their first strategic technical hires
  • Non-technical founders who struggle to assess engineering talent and skills
  • Technical founders who want validation on their hiring approach and team structure
  • Founders scaling fast who need to sequence technical hires without over-hiring too early
  • Internal talent teams hiring AI engineers who want advice on how to source and assess

You're making critical technical hiring decisions without the right sounding board

As a startup founder, you're wrestling with questions that will determine your next 12 months:

  • Should you hire fractional or full-time technical leadership?
  • How do you sequence engineering hires without over-hiring too early?
  • When do you transition from scrappy solutions to scalable infrastructure?

These aren't basic hiring questions - they're sophisticated timing and sequencing decisions that require operator-level judgment from someone who's been exactly where you are.

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Kris Owens

Co-Founder

13 years building technical teams for high-growth startups and scale-ups. Specialist in identifying product-minded engineers and AI-augmented hiring processes.

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Greg Freeman

Co-Founder & CTO

3x CTO with $100M+ exits across multiple successful companies. 10+ years running large global engineering teams. AI specialist with deep expertise in modern technical hiring.

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James Jennings

Co-Founder

Founder who built and scaled technical teams through successful acquisition by SEEK. Understands make-or-break technical hiring decisions from the founder's perspective.

Choose Your Session Focus

Both sessions include a comprehensive strategy document delivered within 24 hours.

Strategic Hiring Planning

For founders, leaders of talent teams thinking about technical hiring but unsure of the sequence or strategy

60-90 minutes with operators who've scaled teams at your stage. Talk through your technical hiring challenges:

  • How to sequence your technical hires correctly for your stage and goals
  • Key markers and checkpoints to watch for as you scale your team
  • Validation or challenge of your current hiring approach and assumptions
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Role Definition Workshop

For founders, leaders or talent teams who know they need to hire but struggling to define what they should look for

Move from job titles to competencies. Define exactly what you need and create a complete hiring framework:

  • Clear competency framework beyond generic "senior engineer" descriptions
  • Interview approaches that reveal AI capability and product thinking
  • Assessment criteria specific to your business context and stage
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Why we do this

We're operators building our own AI-native startup to change hiring. These conversations help us:

  • Understand the market and build better solutions
  • Share knowledge with fellow founders facing similar challenges
  • Build relationships within the founder community

Our ask: Share feedback on how the insights work in practice. If valuable, we'd appreciate a review or referral to other founders.

No sales pitch. No follow-up pressure. Just operator-to-founder knowledge sharing.

What founders say

Ben Dickenson

Co-Founder

"Speaking with Greg on calls has been really useful. He helps refine what I'm looking for, asks the right questions, and provides advice based on his CTO experience"

BeyondOS

VC Backed Scale Up

Alex Knight

Founder

"Speaking with Kris and Greg has really helped shape my hiring plans and stopped me making some costly mistakes. I know exactly what I need to do before I hire."

Advanced

Funded Fintech

FAQs

Why is this free?

We're operators building our own AI-native startup and these conversations help us understand the market and build better solutions.

What if I'm not ready to hire yet??

Perfect. The best time to get strategic advice is before you need to hire, not when you're desperate. These sessions help you plan your hiring sequence and know what to watch for as you grow.

What will I get after the session?

Within 24 hours, you'll receive a comprehensive strategy document with our discussion points, specific recommendations for your situation, and a framework you can reference for months. Think of it as your personalised hiring playbook.

Stop guessing. Get your hiring plan from operators who've been there.

Limited to 10 sessions per month for startup founders.

Strategic Hiring Planning
Role Definition Workshop