Does it integrate with other startup management tools?

It is designed to work alongside the cofounder-evaluator and financial-operations-expert skills to provide a holistic view of your startup's growth and runway.

When should I use the Early Hiring Advisor?

Activate this skill when you are ready to scale beyond yourself and need to decide who to hire first, how much equity to give, or if you can afford to expand your team.

What is the Hexa Principle mentioned in the skill?

The Hexa Principle is a methodology that views launching a project not just as building a product, but as gathering the right team to build and manage it themselves.

Does this skill provide specific equity ranges?

Yes, it includes detailed benchmarks for the first 10 hires, including specific ranges for engineers, designers, and sales roles based on pre-seed and seed stages.

Can it help me decide between a contractor and a full-time employee?

Yes, it provides a framework to identify core functions that must be hired (like engineering) versus specialized functions that should be outsourced (like legal or PR).

Early Hiring Advisor

Name: Early Hiring Advisor
Author: shipshitdev

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Collaboration Tools

Guides founders through the process of building their founding team with expert advice on role prioritization, compensation, and equity allocation.

The Early Hiring Advisor is a specialized skill designed for indie founders and startup leaders transitioning from solo operations to a core team. Leveraging the Hexa methodology, it provides a structured framework for assessing hiring readiness, scoring potential roles based on revenue impact and urgency, and navigating complex compensation and equity benchmarks for the first ten employees. Whether you're deciding between a contractor and a full-time hire or setting up a four-year vesting schedule, this skill ensures your team expansion is data-driven, sustainable, and aligned with your long-term runway.

Key Features

01Sourcing channel recommendations tailored for founding team recruitment.

02Standardized salary and equity benchmarks for the first 10 startup hires.

03Hiring readiness checklists to ensure Product-Market Fit and runway stability.

04Role prioritization scoring based on revenue impact, time saved, and urgency.

05Strategic guidance on Hire vs. Outsource decisions for core and non-core functions.

0610 GitHub stars

Use Cases

01Determining whether to hire a Sales lead or a Marketing lead as your first non-technical employee.

02Evaluating if a startup has enough management time and scope to justify a full-time hire versus a contractor.

03Calculating fair equity percentages and vesting schedules for a first engineer.

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add shipshitdev/library early-hiring-advisor

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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