Tell us what’s on your plate.
Email us with a few lines about your company and what you need help with. We’ll reply within one business day to set up a discovery call.
Helpful to include
- Your company, stage and what you’ve raised
- The two or three things taking most of your time
- Any deadlines, such as a raise, board meeting or deal
- Services you’re interested in (copy them from the engagement builder)
From email to deployment.
We reply
We suggest times for a discovery call and send an NDA if you’d like one.
Discovery call
We learn about your priorities, bottlenecks and goals.
Proposal
A clear scope and team, a base fee and the outcomes we’ll be paid for.
Deployment
Your operator joins your team and the work starts.
Questions leaders ask us.
If yours isn’t here, ask us on the call.
What exactly is a forward deployed operator?
A senior operator with 10+ years in consulting or operating roles who embeds with your leadership team. They join your meetings, work in your tools, set priorities with you each week and own delivery. They are your single point of contact, and they bring in specialists from our bench when a task needs deeper expertise.
How is this different from hiring a chief of staff?
A chief of staff is one person with one skill set, and hiring well can take three to six months. With Neybula you get a senior operator plus a bench of specialists in research, hiring, finance ops, outbound and M&A, live within a week. The team flexes as your priorities change, with no recruiting, notice periods or severance.
How is this different from a consulting firm?
Consultants usually advise and hand over a deck. We advise and execute. Your operator works inside your team week to week, so the research turns into a board narrative, the hiring plan into accepted offers, and the GTM strategy into booked meetings.
Why not just use freelancers or a virtual assistant agency?
Freelancers and VAs are good for well-defined tasks, but someone still has to scope, manage and quality-check the work, and that usually falls back on the leader. Your operator does that for you, and every specialist on the bench has a decade of experience, so you get judgment as well as extra hands.
Which companies do you work with?
Mostly funded startups from seed to Series B, established companies with a specific mandate such as pre-sales or M&A sourcing, and holding companies and venture studios with active portfolios.
How quickly can you start?
Most engagements go live within a week of the discovery call. Your operator spends the first days learning your business and tools, and the full team is usually running by week two.
How much does it cost?
Every engagement starts with a $1,000 monthly base retainer, which covers your operator and the weekly rhythm. On top of that, you pay outcome-based fees tied to results you can count, such as meetings booked, roles filled or targets sourced. We agree those outcomes in week one, log each one before it is billed and cap every month, so you always know the maximum. We never bill by the hour.
How do you handle confidentiality?
We sign an NDA before the discovery call if you’d like one, and every engagement includes confidentiality terms. Your data stays in your systems, and access is limited to the people working on your account.
Do you work remotely or on-site?
Mostly remote, inside your Slack, email, CRM and project tools. For key moments such as offsites, board meetings, negotiations or planning sessions, your operator can join in person where location allows.
How do we measure whether it’s working?
We agree goals in week one, for example roles filled, meetings booked, a board deck delivered or hours of your time saved. You get a short weekly update, and each month we review results together and adjust the plan.