Module 00
The essential sourcing, outreach, CRM and meeting tools to run your early-stage hiring stack. Start simple — upgrade only when the friction is real.
The tool we personally use for sourcing, and the one we’ll use in many of the examples in this course. In our opinion, it is much more efficient than searching on LinkedIn. It also finds candidate emails, surfaces unique company insights for personalising outreach, and makes it easy to export search results to CSV.
Our recommendation for sending outreach emails. Covers personalisation, scheduling, multi-step follow-up cadences, email verification and more.
Your early-stage CRM / database. Works well enough until you need more features and want to upgrade to something like Ashby, Gem or Lever — and by then you may also want a dedicated ATS such as Greenhouse.
Email domain management, shared calendars and team collaboration in one place.
Our preferred video-call system. Works seamlessly with Google Calendar invites and keeps scheduling simple.
Useful for more complex go-to-market workflows as you scale. Powerful enrichment and automation, but overkill for most early-stage hiring stacks.
Their note-taking / transcription app is a popular option for capturing interview notes and sharing them with the hiring team.
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