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HG is a network of experienced early stage startup operators who you can hire for part-time roles, short-term contracts, and as senior advisors.

We match your role to a short-list of people in budget, available now, and with the skills you need. Beyond the match, our platform handles the paperwork and payments so you can get right to work.
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“I was told that finding someone with that profile would be impossible. Hello Generalist is nothing short of magic… fantastic for entrepreneurs.”

Zainab · Founder and CEO · Eat, Cook, Joy
Hired their first business hire on a contract · Early stage startup

Former founders. Early hires from iconic brands. CXOs. Pros across Growth, Ops, Finance, and more.

Everyone in our marketplace has 5+ years of experience and are pre-vetted with industry-leading interviews.
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Evan G.

Chief of Staff

People & teams

Ecomm

Former Chief of Staff at YouTube, grew org from 70-200 people · Head of Supply at Greylock-backed marketplace startup · Founded E-Comm function at Google startup to $100k+ monthly GMV · Runs a civic engagement phone bank org on the side

Simran T.

Ops

People & teams

First Hire

People Ops function from scratch at Springboard, grew the team 2x YoY from 25-100 · Launched Letterform Archive from vision to self-sustaining org in 18 months · Wrote a PhD thesis on the history of handwriting at UPenn · Published author

Jason Y.

Founder

Growth

GTM

$1B+ Biz

Founding Team at Ownit, raised $8M seed from GGV and SciFi, ft. n TechCrunch and Shoptalk · Managed $610B+ GMV Amazon program · Launched two Jeff Bezos “secret projects” including Buy with Prime · Amazon Alexa Accelerator & Techstars mentor

Milyza F.

Chief of Staff

Pre-Seed

Finance

Launched first two products at PebblePost, generating $7mm revenue · ex-Goldman Sachs investment banker · Chief of Staff for pre-seed startups, handling GTM strategy, program management, team process · Solo traveled around the world for 16-months

Becca N.

DTC

People & Teams

Biz Ops

Built Blue Apron's Support Team from 3 to 250 people, Series C through IPO · CoS, support, and People for DTC coffee startup · 2x Chief of Staff · Launched HR/People ops teams from scratch at multiple DTC brands · OnDeck CoS Fellow

Sibi M.

Startup Strategy

VC & Investment

GTM

Chief of Staff to the CEO at Calm Company Fund, raised $65m from 200+ investors · Global Community Leader at Techstars · Director at Gener8tor · Advisor for founders from pre-PMF to fundraising to scaling beyond 20 FTEs · Brand new dad!

Elizabeth M.

Restaurants

People & Teams

Exec

VP of Operations at Tacombi, oversaw 6 restaurant openings · Provided English lessons for sous chefs to improve retention and promotions · Scaled Eataly from 1 to 5 locations · Co-founded 700-member non-profit Women in Hospitality United · DEI certified

Christina H.

Exec

marketplaces

B2B

Ops VP at Lumi from Series A to acquisition by Narvar · Managed integration of an acquired team for delivery.com · Buyer and seller side M&A experience · Invited to attend The United States of Women Summit with Managed by Q · Certified yoga instructor

Adam E.

Market Expansion

Finance & Data

GTM

First 50 employees at Compass, launched one new market a month for 3 years · Delivered $10M+ of CapEx and P&L reductions · Expanded international team 10x in 24 months across Asia, Europe and the US for Kepler Fi

"Hello Generalist was exactly what we needed."

Abhi · Founder & CEO· Fleek
Found a Chief of Staff · Seed Stage Startup backed by YC and a16z

Grow your startup efficiently.

We're built for early stage teams who care about hiring the best, but aren't ready to hire full-time.
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Scope your contract role, then we'll match you to a short-list of available, super qualified candidates, from former founders to early hires at brands you know and love. Review better-than-LinkedIn profiles with case studies and detailed data, then let our platform handle the contracts and payments.

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Chief of Staff

The Chiefs of Staff in our marketplace come from some of the most successful startups, and have fundraises, exits, team re-orgs, product launches, and ops systems under their belt. Hire for support with special projects, your next fundraise, to get a trusted pair of hands during a major reorg, or any one of the hundreds of projects an excellent COS can own.
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People & HR

Part-time help for L&D, recruitment, your people ops tech stack and more. Hire for People Ops leads, a temporary Recruiter, a HR Generalist, or even a Fractional Chief People Officer.
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BizOps & Data

Hire a proven analytical doer to help define and measure success, from building dashboards and automations to data modeling to creating day-to-day process aligned to strategy.
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Growth

Time to expand? Our marketplace is filled with leaders who have grown and scaled startups in industries from e-comm to B2B SaaS to restaurants, so you'll find the skills you need to help you scale. Get support from a strong sales rep or marketer, or level up your strategy with a Fractional CRO.
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Finance

We help startups of all sizes get connected to proven finance leaders and doers. Discover an outsourced accountant to manage your books, a general Finance Lead to help with forecasting and analysis, or a fractional CFO to guide your longterm strategy.
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Operators

Hire your first business generalist, someone to manage online-offline ops, Project Managers to own initiatives, and Ops leaders at various levels.
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Fractional Executives

Part-time VPs and C-Suite leaders for Operations, People, Finance, and more. Fractional leaders work on your team part-time for 3-12 months to take your business to the next level — before you're ready to hire someone full time. Test the waters with a potential hire, and get immediate help instead of a slow search and onboarding.
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1. Scope your role, and get matched to candidates who are the perfect fit

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2. Review data-rich, curated candidate profiles, then interview who you want

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3. We handle contracts, compliance, and payments so you can get right to work

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