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Hiring for startups is a bloody nightmare, (someone had to say it). Plus, run of the mill hiring templates are seriously not hacking it for highly competitive startup markets.
We’ve seen way too many founders flounder- we knew something had to change. Intro the premium done-for-you hiring kits by Sidekicks HQ with 15 years of operational leadership experience.
It’s time to get back in the driver's seat and hire top talent with bulls eye accuracy.
Let’s be honest... hiring employees for an early stage startup often begins with good intentions and ends with chaos. We know. You thought a VA would solve your problems, but what you really needed was a junior ops manager.
You tried to follow a hiring plan, maybe even skimmed renowned global hiring guides for startups, and still ended up drowning in interviews, rewriting job descriptions at midnight, and keeping your fingers crossed that someone half decent accepts your offer. If this sounds vaguely familiar, you’re in the right place.
Founders, stop spending 40+ hours trying to DIY this and still get it wrong. The First Hire Success Kit does everything for you in under 90 minutes (and it actually works).
✔ Fully customised interview templates
✔ Signature recruitment strategy templates
✔ 30/60/90 day performance review templates
✔ Tailored onboarding program templates
Starting is always the hardest part. If you’re feeling overwhelmed by recruitment agency costs and generic templates that take hours to customise, then we know our hiring kit is about to become the Bonnie to your Clyde.
A little birdy told us you could really use structured interview packs, skills tests, and a reference checks toolkit. You’ll see who’s genuinely a fit and who’s not, in record time.
Tracking performance is a big deal. Keep your new hires accountable and set everyone up for success from day one. With clear 30/60/90 scorecards, weekly progress tracking, and coaching prompts, you can make confident performance calls without solely relying on instincts.
You’ll fill out a coaching-style questionnaire that captures your goals, role details, tech stack, and working style. Your answers instantly feed into our pre-built AI frameworks- think scorecards, communication protocols, access checklists, starter backlogs, and so much more. Everything lands neatly in a Google Drive folder ready for action.
✔ Capture your goals in our hiring success questionnaire
✔ Watch our system turn your responses into a tailored onboarding kit
✔ Grab your Google Drive folder and start rolling
Over 50 leading startups trusted our founders' hiring process. Plus, for over 15 years we’ve sourced top candidates across marketing, customer success, sales, operations, and product (on tight budgets) from around the globe- AND strategically aligned startup growth with top talent.
If our humble brag doesn’t convince you then check out the just launch sale, that should do the trick.
Startup hiring is a whole different ball game. You’re in an arena of high stakes and most of the time, you’re running out of time (and funds). Hiring right sets you up for the growth and scalability needed to compete and succeed. Which is precisely why we created this toolkit.
✔ 70% Average decrease in time to hire
✔ Find the best fit for your growth trajectory
✔ Know how choose candidates
Would you look at that, a CTA button that’s encouraging you join the waitlist for this life saving (and time saving) toolkit
It’s like having an onboarding coach in your pocket. Get instant access to a fully customized suite of onboarding process examples and workflows.
✔ Lightening fast onboarding
✔ Increased productivity in week one
✔ Industry-grade performance benchmarking
Seriously, get outta here! That’s a sweet deal
Stop guessing if your new hire is getting you results. You’ll get industry specific insights, clarity, and structure to track progress, make strategic decisions. Think of it as your cheat sheet for performance without wondering what the benchmarks are.
✔ Know key milestones your new hire should hit
✔ Make confident 30/60/90-day performance decisions
✔ Spot performance bottlenecks early and pivot with clarity
We’re pretty darn confident our Sidekicks kits will transform how you hire, onboard, and manage your first hire. But, if you work through our toolkits and genuinely feel it’s not the right fit, we’ll refund 80% of your purchase.
Time to swap the 40+ hours you’d normally spend putting together a hiring process and use our 30 minute done-for-you toolkit. Who doesn’t want a crystal clear hiring structure, from candidate sourcing to the big decision? And it’s all here for the taking.
✔ Role clarity questionnaire
✔ Job description template
✔ Interview pack with 12 structured questions, scoring guides, and clear red/green flags
✔ Auto-graded skills tests for operations, virtual assistant, marketing, and customer support or e-commerce roles
✔ Asynchronous reference check forms with compiled summaries
✔ Weighted decision scorecard (Interview 40% / Test 40% / References 20%) → Hire / Hold / Pass
Goes for £199
Waitlist launch sale! £99
This is the onboarding guide you probably didn’t realise you needed (and we’re glad you found it). With 15+ years in the saddle, we know a thing or two about how to track progress.
// or Ok, serious talk, quit guessing how to onboard your first hire. You have us to help you now. Our onboarding kit (for startups) is designed to get your newest member up to speed in record time. No matter the role, as a founder you’ll find a structured new hire onboarding process with all your i’s dotted and your t’s crossed.
✔ Coach-guided onboarding questionnaire
✔ Role scorecard
✔ Communication protocol
✔ First two-week High-Impact Task Sheet (Google Sheets)
✔ Founder pre-start checklist
✔ 30/60/90 outcome plan
✔ Mini voice and tone guide
✔ Weekly report template
Goes for £299
Waitlist launch sale! £179
Truth be told, your first hire won’t hit full speed instantly. This toolkit provides a new hire performance plan and scorecards to track realistic progress. Which means you know what to look for (and when) so you can make informed decisions at 30, 60, and 90 days without pesky guess work.
✔ Coach-guided performance questionnaire
✔ 30/60/90 success scorecards with built-in traffic-light tracking and example targets
✔ Weekly 1:1 agenda and progress pack with actionable insights
✔ KPI and proof-of-value board to track 3–6 key metrics
✔ Feedback and coaching prompts for structured conversations
✔ Probation decision kit with evidence checklist and decision memo
✔ End-of-month review templates for M1, M2, M3 with commentary prompts
Goes for £259
Waitlist launch sale! £99
You can’t hit the bull eyes with top talent if you don’t know where to find them or how to keep them. And sometimes you may just have the wrong fit for the role, which means you need to know what’s working and what’s not at the critical 30/60/90 stages.
✔ 20% of new hires leave within the first 45 days if onboarding lands badly
✔ Only 12% of employees rate their onboarding as excellent
✔ Great onboarding makes people 69% more likely to stay 3+ years
✔ Clear role definition attracts the top candidates from the start
✔ Structured interviews help you avoid “I hope this works” decisions
✔ Objective scoring gives you confidence in the final call
✔ A strong start sets expectations and builds trust from the get go
✔ Clear communication guidelines keep everyone on the same page
✔ Defined milestones make performance easier to assess
Treat it like a 20-30 minute call in writing. The coaching-style questionnaire determines exactly what matters for your first hire.
The first hire system for startups is ready to use immediately. We send you a fully customised toolkit in Google Drive to your inbox. Voila!
Kick off with confidence. Follow your tailored hiring framework for founders, with every little detail accounted for.
✔ You are a solo founder or small startup on a budget
✔ You want a first hire toolkit that works without guesswork
✔ You are ready to implement a structured new hire onboarding programme
✔ You are tired of the “fingers crossed” approach
Here’s exactly why leading startups from across the world love and trust Sidekicks HQ hiring, onboarding and performance management kits.
✔ 70% decrease in time to hire
✔ 10% average increase in business growth in 3 months
✔ 5-10 Hours saved per week
✔ 15 years of experience personalised to you
Hit the hiring bullseye without the 40+ hrs time commitment it usually takes.
✔ Role clarity questionnaire
✔ Job description template
✔ Structured interview pack with scoring
✔ Auto-graded skills tests (Ops, VA, Marketing, CS/eCom)
✔ Reference check forms
✔ Weighted decision scorecard (Interview 40% / Test 40% / References 20%)
Onboarding that feels like you knocked it out the park. Happy talent equals happy startups.
✔ Role clarity questionnaire
✔ Job description template
✔ Structured interview pack with scoring
✔ Auto-graded skills tests (Ops, VA, Marketing, CS/eCom)
✔ Reference check forms
✔ Weighted decision scorecard (Interview 40% / Test 40% / References 20%)
You’re an expert in your field, and we’re experts in ours. 30/60/90 performance benchmarks for the ‘wearing every hat’ founder.
✔ Performance questionnaire
✔ 30/60/90 success scorecards
✔ Weekly 1:1 agenda & progress pack
✔ KPI and proof-of-value board
✔ Feedback & coaching prompts
✔ Probation decision kit
✔ End-of-month review templates
Yes, it’s true! We have a hiring toolkit bundle package. Told you there was a pick me up offer coming your way.
Another CTA! Yes, well, we can’t think of a better way to jump start your hiring success story than with our bundle. Plus, there’s nothing like a sweet deal to make you click ‘add to cart’.
Put Me on Waitlist ImmediatelyWe’ve sat in front of over 50 founders, just like you. And we felt the weight of a thousand missed opportunities in their unasked questions. Knowledge is power, that’s what we bring to your table.
No. Start where you are. Step 1 if you are hiring now. Step 2 if you have already hired. Step 3 once onboarding is live.
Treat it like a personalised 20–30 minute onboarding call in writing. You can finish in 15 minutes, but you should not. The more accurate and thoughtful your answers, the better the output.
Marketing, Sales, Operations, Bookkeepers, Product, and Customer Success. Skills tests and scorecards are fine tuned per role.
Everything gets delivered to your inbox with Google Docs and Sheets so you can edit, duplicate, and share with your team.
Yes, that’s how we’ve designed our toolkits. We give sensible defaults and space for your context.
The safe bet is to start with Step 1. The coaching questionnaire shapes the role before we write anything.
No, that’s not what this is all about. Think of our toolkits as a lightweight, practical system for first hires, not an HR suite.
Yes! You will receive a 10% coupon for your next hire.
Start with the basics. Identify what your 3-6-9 months goals are, where you face bottlenecks or skills gaps, and then assess what roles are critical to move forward.
Startups have faster hiring processes with less formalities. The focus is on finding versatile candidates who can wear multiple hats, often without large recruitment budgets or resources.
The time it takes to hire at a startup depends on the role and how urgent the need is. Generally, startups spend about two months to find the right person, but the goal is to reduce that to under one month.
Focus on building a clear, attractive story about your mission and growth potential to attract candidates willing to take a chance. Our Hire First Hire, Right-Fit Kit has a detailed breakdown of the critical steps to finding and attracting the best candidates.
Yes, partially. Complete the onboarding questionnaire, use the kit, and if it’s genuinely not a fit, we’ll refund 80% of your purchase. Checkout our refund policy
The kit is generated from your questionnaire. If it isn’t completed within 30 days (or an approved extension), your order remains non-refundable.
If you accidentally purchase the same kit twice within 24 hours, or a verified technical fault prevents delivery that cannot be fixed within 2 business days we’ll fully refund the amount paid. See our terms and conditions
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