Adam Robinson

Business was founded in the middle of 2010, and we launched the product in January of 2012.

I had a business before Hireology that was outsourced recruiting.

So recruitment outsourcing, RPO.

We provided recruiting services for mid-market technology and professional services firms.

And what I learned in that business was our customers were

make money in that business.

So I had created an interviewing system we gave to our customers.

They started asking me if they could buy it because they really liked it.

And I said, no, no, no for years.

And I had an opportunity to sell that business, which I did.

And the idea was always in my head.

I want to productize, you know, something similar to what we did with our customers where we gave them the interviewing guides.

So that's exactly what I did.

And that's where Hireology came from.

First year revenue in 2010 was just under $200,000.

Okay, that's great.

Well, they are.

Our first customers were entrepreneurs from my personal and professional network who had asked me to help them out and were willing to be beta testers of the product.

And for 18 months, I ran with a group of entrepreneurs, about 40 of them that I had known over the years.

And they were generous enough to help me build the product by being an early customer.