21 days, $5K, 7 AI agents: how a non-programmer built a talent marketplace
Kraig Ward and Mike Martin have launched the Bearhug Network, a marketplace connecting executives with hiring companies. The platform features anonymized profiles and a vetting process to facilitate introductions. Ward, a non-programmer, developed the network over 21 days with the help of AI agents, investing around $5,000 and producing over 75,000 lines of code.
- ▪The Bearhug Network connects hiring companies with executives looking for opportunities.
- ▪Kraig Ward built the platform in 21 days using AI agents and without prior coding experience.
- ▪The network aims to provide a new avenue for executives to explore job opportunities discreetly.
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How 10 Years Trying to Improve Executive Search Finally Clicked When I Locked Myself in My Office for 21 Days With 7 AI Agents and Built Something for You That Doesn't Exist Anywhere Else. Strategic Networking May 29 Written By Kraig Ward I need to tell you how this happened. Not the polished version. The real one.The short version is that my partner Mike Martin and I just launched the Bearhug Network, a two-sided marketplace that connects the people who hire executives with the executives who are either actively looking or are open if the right opportunity were to come knocking. Anonymized profiles. Vetted by the Bearhug team.
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