Eight weeks from idea to launch.
A clear, guided path, designed to get you live fast without cutting corners.
What the eight weeks look like
Everything runs in parallel behind the scenes, so you are not waiting on one thing at a time.
- 01
Before you start
Discover
We get to know you, your market and your ambitions on a discovery call, then map the fastest path to launch.
- Discovery call
- Market and specialism review
- Your launch plan
- 02
Weeks 1–6
Build
Your brand, website, technology, finance and legal foundations are built in parallel, while you keep billing.
- Brand identity and website
- ATS and CRM
- Invoicing and payroll
- Contracts and compliance
- 03
Weeks 7–8
Launch
Go live with everything in place: a business ready to take on clients and candidates.
- Go-live checklist
- First campaigns
- Pipeline activation
- 04
Week 8 onwards
Scale
Strategy, coaching and the community behind you as you grow into a profitable business.
- Strategy and advisory
- Growth playbooks
- Community access
You own the business. All of it.
Most recruiters build someone else's business for a share of what they bill. This is the other way round.
100%
of the equity stays yours
We were founded on this. You launch your business without giving away a share of it, so the value you build belongs to you.
100%
of your billings are yours
You are not splitting your desk with an employer any more. What you bill flows into a business with your name on it.
Yours
brand, clients and reputation
We build the brand and put the infrastructure behind it, but the business is yours. We are the support underneath it, not a franchisor.
Strategy from people who have built this before
Dan and Joe work directly with founders on the decisions that shape the business, from what to charge through to when to hire and how to grow. Between them they have founded, scaled and led recruitment companies across the UK, Europe and the US, so you are not taking advice from someone who has only read about it.
Dan Matthews
Director
Global CEO of DMCG Global, the international recruitment group operating across the UK, Europe, the US and Australia, with more than twenty years in the industry. He leads the advisory work: strategy and planning, OKRs, go-to-market, product decisions, hiring plans, and whatever the business runs into next.
Dan on LinkedIn
Joe Curtis
Co-Founder
Co-founded 3Search in 2014 after leading teams at Michael Page, and now backs recruitment founders as an investor through 11 Investments. He brings that investor's read to the founders he works with: what to build first, what is worth spending on, and when a business is ready for its next stage.
Joe on LinkedInThe quickest way to see what that looks like in practice is to have one of these conversations yourself.
Book a discovery callRecruiter Labs is not for everyone
We are selective on purpose. The founders who do well with us tend to look the same on paper, so it is worth being straight about it up front.
This is for you if
- You have worked a 360 desk and know the job end to end
- You have a proven track record of winning your own clients
- You are billing consistently and want more of it to be yours
- You want to own something, with experienced people behind you
Probably not yet if
- You have never done your own business development
- You are looking for a role rather than a business to own
- You want someone else to source your clients for you
- You are still early in your recruitment career
Still worth a conversation. If the timing is wrong we will tell you, and tell you what to work on first.
Think you're a fit?
Tell us where your desk is today and we will tell you honestly whether now is the right time to launch, and what the eight weeks would look like for you.