Built for the first 20 hires
Screen your first 10 hires without gut-feel. Find a co-founder who complements you. Map your team DNA. Same science as Predictive Index — at $0 to $79/mo, not $15k/year.
JobCannon gives founders and startup operators 50+ free personality and career assessments — DISC for communication styles, Big Five for workplace traits, EQ for leadership potential, Conflict Styles for co-founder compatibility, and RIASEC for career interest mapping. Unlike Predictive Index ($15,000-100,000/year), Culture Amp ($6-12/employee/month), or Gallup StrengthsFinder ($20-60/person), JobCannon starts at $0 for small teams (5 invites) and scales to $79/mo for 100 invites. Founders typically use it for: (1) screening candidates during hiring, (2) testing co-founder fit before incorporation, (3) onboarding week-one personality briefings, (4) mapping team DNA to spot gaps. The tests are self-report, research-validated, and take 5-15 minutes.
Four concrete plays that pay back in weeks, not quarters.
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Annual cost for a 20-person startup
Start free with 5 invites. Upgrade to $79/mo when you cross 20 people. Skip the $15k/year PI contract entirely.
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Three reasons founders actually use them: (1) Hiring — the single most expensive mistake a 5-person startup can make is a bad #6 hire. DISC + Big Five + a 30-min structured interview outperforms gut-feel hiring by a wide margin. (2) Co-founder fit — the #1 reason YC startups die is co-founder conflict; a 20-minute Big Five + Conflict Styles session upfront surfaces risks before they become divorce-level. (3) Speed — a 1-page personality brief turns "1:1s" from awkward small-talk into actual alignment in week one.
Predictive Index starts at $5,000-15,000/year and requires certified consultants for interpretation. Culture Amp is $6-12/employee/month — unaffordable for a 5-person startup. Both are genuinely good products, but they are built for 500+ person orgs with HR teams. Founders need something they can use today, in 10 minutes, without a $3k onboarding call. Same science, 1/50th the cost.
Yes — but use it as a conversation starter, not a filter. Send DISC (5 min) or Big Five (15 min) after a first-round phone screen. In the interview, ask about the results: "You scored high on Conscientiousness — tell me about the last time that worked against you." Personality tests are weak predictors in isolation; they are powerful when they structure your interview. Never reject solely on a test score — in most jurisdictions that is legally risky.
Both co-founders take Big Five + Conflict Styles + Values Assessment separately, then compare. Look at: (a) Conscientiousness delta — one detail-oriented, one visionary is fine; both high-Openness, low-Conscientiousness is a recipe for 18 months of shiny-object-chasing with nothing shipped. (b) Conflict styles — if both score "Avoiding", disagreements fester. If both score "Competing", every meeting is a fistfight. (c) Values alignment — if one values "Security" and the other "Risk-taking", there is a big fundraising fight coming.
Yes, on the Business plan ($199/mo). Your logo on PDF reports, your domain on share links (coming soon), and API access to results. VCs, accelerators, and studios use this to give portfolio CEOs a cheap team-building tool without the VC logo everywhere. Contact us below if you want a custom fund-level deal.
Taking a look at the product with your co-founders, your first 1-2 hires, and yourself — 5 invites total. Enough to decide if the framework helps before you commit $29-79/mo. Once you scale past 5 people, you need Coach ($29/mo — 30 invites) or Team ($79/mo — 100 invites).