We're taking on a first cohort of five scaling tech companies to build their hiring system alongside them, at a founding rate that won't exist again. In return, we ask one thing: your candid feedback, and — if we've earned it — your words. It's how we grow the right way, and how you get senior talent work at a fraction of what it will cost once we're booked.
BEACON & COMPASS is new, and we'd rather be upfront about it than pretend otherwise. That's exactly why this is a good moment to work with us. Founding clients get our full attention, our best work, and a rate that reflects where we are — not where we're headed. We get the thing every new firm needs most: real companies who've felt the work and are willing to say so. No inflated promises, no pretending we have a decade of logos. Just senior talent work, a genuine discount, and a straight exchange of value for proof.
Every engagement is built with your team and owned by your team, and every one opens with a senior read on where your hiring stands today. The difference is how far we go.
The founding rate is a trade, and we make it explicit so it's fair. In exchange for it, founding clients agree to:
Two short feedback sessions — one midway, one at the end — so we can make the work better.
A written testimonial, with permission to use your name and logo.
A brief case study — a paragraph or two on what changed — once you've seen the results.
A willingness to be a reference for one future prospect, if you'd recommend us.
In return, beyond the founding rate: your rate is locked for life if you continue with us, and you'll have shaped how BEACON & COMPASS works for everyone who comes after you.
Tell us where your hiring stands and what's ahead. If it's a fit — and we'll be honest if it isn't — you claim one of the five spots.
Over 3, 6, or 9 weeks, we build your hiring system together — grounded in a senior read of your situation, and owned by your team.
You keep the system and use it on every hire. We capture what we learned together, and you share your honest words.
Scaling tech companies hiring steadily, without a talent function to lean on yet.
Founders losing real hours to hiring — and worried the bar is slipping as the team grows.
Teams about to hire across more roles and levels than they ever have, who want the system in place first.
Leaders who value senior talent judgment — and are glad to trade candid feedback for a founding rate.
The work is complete and senior. The discount reflects that we're new and building our track record. You get our full attention and best thinking; we get real clients whose experience we can point to. It's a fair trade, not a lesser product.
Everything we build — your hiring plan, role profiles, interview kit, and whatever else your tier includes — is documented and owned by your team, to reuse on every future hire, with or without us.
No. We design and build the hiring system your team runs — the plan, the standards, the interview and evaluation approach. We make your hiring better; we don't do the sourcing.
Start with a conversation. We'll be honest about the depth your stage actually needs — and if that's the 3-week Foundation, we'll say so.
The founding program closes, and pricing moves to standard. Founding clients keep their rate for life if they continue with us.
Senior talent work at a founding rate, in exchange for your honest words. Start with a private conversation.
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