Proof of Work

I built a complete recruiting
system for Wispr Flow.

*as if I was already on the team

Section 1

4 Ways to Hire World-Class Talent

What I'd do in my first 30 days

1

Top Users → Candidates

Users are literally hiding Wispr from coworkers to keep an advantage. These power users (1M+ words/month) know other great engineers. Mine them for referrals.

2

Strategic Headhunting

Go where Architects swim: MIT CSAIL, Stanford NLP labs, Apple Siri team, ex-Jailbreak community. Then leverage founder status. Messages from Tanay's account to hand-picked targets convert 10x better than recruiter spam.

3

Inbound Optimization

ATS audit in Ashby, re-engage past candidates, build filters that surface signal from noise. Goal: Zero Edit Candidates. So good Tanay doesn't need to fix the pipeline.

4

JDs + Viral Recruiting Loops

Turn JDs into sales pages that convert. Build Open Challenge Pages. Public discovery projects for every role. Let candidates prove themselves. Goes viral, self-selects for high agency.

This is the appetizer.

The full playbook has 50+ documents: sourcing maps, interview scorecards, offer negotiation scripts, and more.

12 Role-Specific JDsOpen Challenge Pages50+ Sourcing ChannelsCold Outreach Scripts
See the Full Recruiting Playbook →

Section 2

You Want Someone Who Runs Events

I organized a 15-person creator retreat with zero connections.

Creator Mastermind - 15 influencers at Temecula estate

My CEO wanted to speed run his learnings in YouTube so we organized the top YouTubers in Temecula to vibe and share insights.

But we needed a dope private estate that wasn't corporate...

So I believe I can reach anyone in the world with cold email (this is what I wrote):

Cold email to Mark Jenney

Why Most Events Are Meh

People want to connect with people. Events are unorganized, not personalized to who shows up, and have no singular outcome that would make potential attendees drop everything to attend.

I've hosted 200+ events when I ran a 50k square foot coworking building in Brooklyn (with clients like Netflix) and discovered what makes events great:

Setting Up An Event

The 7 Steps (80/20)

  1. 1. Find an anchor person
  2. 2. Interview for their wants
  3. 3. Map your Dream 100
  4. 4. Outreach to 25 people
  5. 5. Track responses
  6. 6. Iterate until 15 say YEA
  7. 7. Personalize to nth degree

The Uneven Exchange

Guests ARE the priority.

Everyone does the same thing: gather important people, extract knowledge, give generic gifts. I did the opposite: every detail was about making guests feel special. That only comes from actually giving a f***, not thinking of yourself, and serving every person as if it's their birthday.

Bring People Together

Hosting is 5x the work for 1000x reward.

I picked people up from the airport. I was their first reference to the group. I introduced everyone with something interesting about them. I constantly scanned the room for anyone in the corner. I was a servant, not a host. I did everything I wish someone did for me every time I walked into a room and thought "what do I do now?"

Section 3

Job Boards Are Boring. Why?

We're living in the greatest time of AI and every job portal is still a static wall of text. Candidates should be able to talk to founders, ask questions about the role, and vibe check the company before they ever apply.

This would convert way more candidates. I don't understand why companies don't do this. So I built a demo: candidates can talk to Tanay, ask anything about Wispr Flow, and apply. Way more interactive.

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I had a lot of fun making it.

I spent two hours hacking away to solve the Wispr challenge

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