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Get help with Compensation & equity from someone who’s done it.

Compare reward options with affordability, ownership and the behaviour you want to encourage. Get help with compensation & equity, shaped by your business model, customers and chosen goal.

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Operators who have built and scaled real businesses.

Your business. Your goal.No equity taken.Remote, wherever you build.

How an operator helps

Where pay and equity quietly cause problems.

Getting it wrong early is costly later. An operator helps you set fair, clear terms.

Trap 01

Ad hoc offers

Each hire negotiated differently.

Trap 02

Too much equity early

Little left for later.

Trap 03

No vesting

People leave with equity.

Trap 04

Unclear value

Staff cannot value their equity.

What your operator works through with you

  1. 01

    Set a framework

    What they look at

    Bands and ranges.

    What they push back on

    Deal by deal.

    You leave with

    A simple framework.

  2. 02

    Plan the equity pool

    What they look at

    How much for whom.

    What they push back on

    Giving too much early.

    You leave with

    A pool plan.

  3. 03

    Use vesting

    What they look at

    Standard terms.

    What they push back on

    No protection.

    You leave with

    Vesting rules.

  4. 04

    Explain it

    What they look at

    How equity works.

    What they push back on

    Mystery.

    You leave with

    A clear explanation.

1:1 expert help

A second opinion.
On your actual problem.

Bring your notes and customer signals. An operator challenges the evidence, not just the idea.

Get 1:1 advice
01

Separate salary, variable pay and ownership choices.

02

Model dilution and cash commitments transparently.

03

Check incentives against customer and delivery outcomes.

04

Prepare questions for legal and tax review before promises are made.

How a call works

Get matched.
Book. Leave with a plan.

  1. 01

    Get matched

    Operators who have solved this problem.

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  2. 02

    Book a time

    In your timezone. First 30 minutes free.

    Pick a time€0 · first call free
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  3. 03

    Summary & takeaways

    Recording, summary and actions for your Roadmap.

    Call summary

    Session · 30 minutes

    Idea validation & customer discovery

    Key takeaways

    Buyers solve this today with spreadsheets and extra hours.

    Three of four would pay to cut onboarding to one day.

    The pilot offer needs a defined start date, not a demo.

    Action points

    Draft the paid pilot offer

    Interview two more buyers

    Saved to your company brain and Roadmap.

Calls happen live in the platform

Meet live. Leave with the decision.

No links out. The recording and summary save themselves.

Live, one to one 00:00
Greg · Product
You speaking

“Is this segment worth building for?”

30 minutes Summary saved to your AI coach

When to call an operator

Three moments a call
pays for itself.

Your AI coach handles the day to day. Bring in an operator when the decision matters and the evidence is thin.

01

You are offering equity instead of cash.

Separate salary, variable pay and ownership choices.

02

Commission encourages discounts or poor-fit customers.

Model dilution and cash commitments transparently.

03

A candidate asks about options or ownership.

Check incentives against customer and delivery outcomes.

Advice and coaching calls are part of membership.

Questions, answered

Before you
take the next step.

Compensation & equity

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Even when the question changes.

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