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Case study · Ed-Tech

Peblio onboarded a full stack developer in 10 days

Peblio had coding lessons running in 10 NYC classrooms and wanted to reach 1000 on a bootstrapped budget. Months of agency searching had produced nobody worth hiring. We sent 4 profiles in 3 days and the hire was onboarded in 10.

  • EdTech
  • Early Stage
  • Remote
  • US
  • Coding Classrooms
Peblio's coding classroom platform
Peblio's coding classroom platform
04 Profiles in 3 Days
10 Days to Onboard
2 Years Contract Engagement
The Challenge

Several months of searching, no hire

  • Full stack search
  • Bootstrapped budget
  • Agency shortlists missed
  • Months without a hire

Three NYU grads built Peblio, software for teaching kids computer science. A beta in 10 NYC classrooms went well enough within a year that the feature list grew faster than the founders could build it, and they had to scale on limited resources.

All three were still holding full-time jobs, which left almost no time to run a recruitment process. One founder had the technical background to judge candidates, but the budget ruled out an expensive full-time developer. Traditional agencies returned few candidates and poorly qualified ones. After several months and real money spent, Peblio still had no hire.

How We Did It

Four profiles in 3 days, onboarded in 10

Peblio needed the role defined before it could be filled. We turned their requirements into a specific profile, ran the search and screening ourselves, and stayed on through interviews and onboarding.

  1. 1

    A defined talent profile

    We gave Peblio a written "talent persona" to search against: the exact skills, experience and mindset the role needed, so the search aimed at something more specific than a job description.

  2. 2

    Four recommendations in 3 days

    We sent Peblio 4 screened candidate recommendations within 3 days, drawn from people looking for a project to own rather than a freelance gig.

  3. 3

    Under 2 weeks end to end

    A search like this usually takes 3 to 5 months. Peblio went from defining the need to interviewing to onboarding the developer in under 2 weeks, because we ran every step between.

In Their Words

I must say she (Komal) is the prime reason the show is going on... What really stands out for Komal is her ability to communicate proactively and constantly which is a must in a remote setting.

Overall Flexiple brought in high-level of transparency with extremely quick turnarounds in the hiring process at a significantly lower cost than any alternate options we had considered... We have found partners who can provide us with great tech talent for our growth and success.

Mathura MG

Mathura MG

Lead Developer, Peblio

Who We Placed
  • Komal Ahluwalia

    Komal Ahluwalia

    Full Stack Developer

The Impact

Two years on the same engagement

Komal Ahluwalia joined as Peblio's full stack developer and stayed for a two-year contract engagement.

The founders were part time and in a different time zone, so how she communicated mattered as much as what she built. Peblio went into their community launch with over 770 active users with Komal leading the technical work, and saved $50K on building the product along the way.