Hire your first startup employees faster with FoundersAreHiring. Post curated roles, use AI screening, and connect directly with talent no recruiters, no noise, just results.
Hiring your first 3–5 team members is not just a tactical move it’s a strategic foundation for your startup. These early hires shape your culture, execution speed, and investor confidence. The wrong process here costs more than just money it drains your time, momentum, and sometimes your vision.
FoundersAreHiring (FAH) is a platform built for this exact moment: founder-led hiring with zero recruiter noise and full-stack control. Whether you need your first engineer or a founding marketer, FAH helps you move fast without compromising on fit.
Here’s a step-by-step breakdown on how to get started.
No learning curve. No waitlist. Just get in and start.
Creating an account on FAH takes under two minutes. It’s built with startup founders in mind: no bloated onboarding, no unnecessary verifications, and no complexity.
Before you post a job, choose a plan that matches your hiring stage and urgency.
FoundersAreHiring offers straightforward plans no per-hire fees or recruiter commissions. You pay a flat subscription for access to job slots, candidate matching, and advanced features.
Plans include:
The pricing is designed to scale with you, not trap you.
This step matters more than founders think.
On FAH, your job post isn't about keywords. It's about signal. You’ll fill in just five high-leverage fields:
These signals train the platform’s AI to surface the right talent, fast. The clearer your inputs, the stronger your matches.
After your job goes live, you can boost its reach.
Sometimes, timing matters. If you want to be featured in the weekly curated drop or want your role pinned to the top of the talent feed, FAH lets you activate lightweight, high-impact boosts.
Options include:
Only activate what you need. You stay in control.
As candidates apply, you’ll see founder-style profiles: brief, high-signal, and intent-driven.
Want to go deeper without sinking hours into calls? Use Lumi, FAH’s AI-powered screening assistant. Lumi asynchronously interviews candidates via audio, scores them, and highlights red flags or standout thinking. You can skip this if you want but it’s a serious time-saver.
Once you’ve shortlisted candidates either manually or via Lumi you can schedule interviews directly inside FAH. No juggling calendars, Zoom links, or email threads. Just one-click audio or video calls, inside your message inbox.
It’s built to move as fast as you do.
Need to test problem-solving but hate time-wasting take-home tasks?
FAH lets you assign a scenario-based challenge via Lumi that simulates real startup decisions or problems (without needing code). You get to see how candidates think not just what they say.
Great for roles where judgment, prioritization, or communication matters more than syntax.
Once you’re happy with a candidate, just hire.
There are no commissions, hand-offs, or exit fees. FAH doesn’t get in your way. It’s your hire, your process, your team.
Let’s break the traditional playbook:
FAH flips that:
You’re building something real. Don’t waste time babysitting the hiring funnel. FAH gives you a direct, flexible, founder-first hiring engine so you stay focused on product, team, and growth.
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FoundersAreHiring gives you direct control, helping you find people who act like owners, communicate with intent, and grow with your company.
Seasoned founders often handle early hiring themselves for good reason. You can’t outsource culture, urgency, or long-term fit. And surface-level credentials rarely beat traits like curiosity, clarity, and adaptability.
FAH is built for this: a streamlined system to help you hire fast, with focus, and without the usual noise.
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