Ready or not.
A straight call on whether you should hire a seller right now. If founder-led sales hasn't produced a repeatable motion yet, I'll tell you, and we'll wait.
What it costs
I publish my pricing. Most recruiters won't, and founders hate that.
Retained search
25%
of the hire's base salary
$10,000 to start, the balance due when the candidate signs.
Every search includes:
- A readiness check — whether you should hire a seller yet at all
- An audit of your current sales motion
- A written fix-it list, delivered before any candidate is sourced
- The full search, scored against the Stage-Fit Framework
- Post-placement check-ins at day 30, day 90, and month 12
- A 6-month replacement guarantee
Two other ways to start
$7,500
Sales Readiness Audit
The right start if you're not sure you're ready to hire yet. See the section below.
$20,000 + equity
Equity-light hybrid
$20,000 cash plus 0.10–0.25% equity. For select YC and accelerator-backed companies. Used sparingly.
Before I source a single candidate, I audit your sales motion and deliver a written document in three parts:
Fix first.
The specific things to fix in your motion, pricing, ICP, or pipeline before the search starts. The gaps a new hire would otherwise inherit and fail on.
The real spec.
The search and the JD matched to your actual motion, not the one you think you have. This is where we align on what you're truly hiring for, so the founder and the future hire start from the same expectations.
If a placement I make ends within the first 6 months, I run the search again to fill the same role at no additional fee.
What's covered
- The hire resigns voluntarily, or
- You terminate the hire for performance or cause
What's not covered
- A layoff, role elimination, or restructuring
- A pivot, acquisition, shutdown, or loss of funding
- A material change to the role, comp, or reporting line from what we agreed in the brief
- Searches where the post-placement check-ins (day 30, day 90) were skipped
Terms: full fee must be paid. The replacement search starts within 30 days of the role reopening. The guarantee is one replacement per search, not a refund.
Ready to talk?
The first conversation is candid and free. Ask me anything: pricing, timing, fit.
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