SDR Hiring for Startups — Skip the Recruiter

Startups don't have time for traditional SDR recruiting

At early-stage, you probably don't have an HR team. Recruiting falls to the founder, Head of Sales, or whoever has capacity — which is nobody. Meanwhile, not having an SDR means your pipeline isn't growing. Agency fees hit even harder when you're capital-efficient. Spending $15K to hire one SDR is a real budget decision at a startup, not a rounding error. And you can't afford to get it wrong.

Recruiting infrastructure built for lean teams

• ✓ No HR team required — one person can run the whole process via Shortlist
• ✓ Prescreened candidates reduce interview time by 70%
• ✓ AI-generated candidate summaries so you walk into every interview prepared
• ✓ Startup-friendly pricing starting at $199/mo — less than one hour of agency time

A ranked shortlist, not a pile of resumes

Every candidate is scored, ranked, and summarized so your hiring decision takes minutes, not days. No guesswork. No 50-page PDF packets. Just the top 5 fits with everything you need to decide. You get their experience summary, match score, key strengths, and a recommendation — all in one place. Click to schedule. Done.