Talent Is Everywhere, Opportunity Is Not

Talent Is Everywhere, Opportunity Is Not

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Expert software development and Managed internship teams with top 0.1% tech talent in Africa

Expert software development and Managed internship teams with top 0.1% tech talent in Africa

The tech talent marketplace with the top 0.1% powered by DirectEd Development

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Net Promoter Score

8.3 out of 10

8.7 out of 10

'value for money' customer rating

Secret Sauce

We identify and train top 0.1% talent in Kenya and Ethiopia, specifically preparing them for remote work with US or European early-stage startups.

Our secret sauce?

We identify and train top 0.1% talent in Kenya and Ethiopia, specifically preparing them for remote work with US or European early-stage startups.

Top talent

5 months of training and selection. Top 0.1% make it

Top talent

5 months of training and selection. Top 0.1% make it

Senior Leadership

Teams are led by senior engineers and managers

Value for Money

From $600/month: Designer, Full-stack and AI engineers

Top talent

Top 0.1% make it, see the team deliver and hire the ones you like

Top talent

Top 0.1% make it, see the team deliver and hire the ones you like

Experience

You can feel secure in with a Bay Area based fractional CTO.

Value for Money

From $599/month: Designer, Full-stack and AI engineers

A sample 100 day journey

Day 1: Discovery

You express your interest either via a form submission or over a quick 15 min call to see if we’re a good fit!

Day 3: Submit Details

We’ll send some templates to ensure we adhere to best-practice product development.

⁠Day 5: CEO call

After evaluating submitted documents, we present the work plan, price and contract details, while addressing any final questions or concerns.

Day 8: Interviews or Product Scoping

For "monthly retainer" pricing model, you may interview candidates at this stage. For the ‘fixed quote’ model, we’ll work on detailed Product Requirements Document (PRD).

Day 15: Work start

We set up a dedicated project Google Drive, Slack connect, Linear workspace, Figma workspace, GitHub repository and CI/CD pipeline infrastructure.

⁠Day 100: Work Completion

Client gives final approval. Beyond this, you have the option to hire and take the team in-house!

A sample 100 day journey

Day 1: Discovery

You express your interest either via a form submission or over a quick 15 min call to see if we’re a good fit!

Day 3: Submit Details

We’ll send some templates to ensure we adhere to best-practice product development.

⁠Day 5: CEO call

After evaluating submitted documents, we present the work plan, price and contract details, while addressing any final questions or concerns.

Day 8: Interviews or Product Scoping

For "monthly retainer" pricing model, you may interview candidates at this stage. For the ‘fixed quote’ model, we’ll work on detailed Product Requirements Document (PRD).

Day 15: Work start

We set up a dedicated project Google Drive, Slack connect, Linear workspace, Figma workspace, GitHub repository and CI/CD pipeline infrastructure.

⁠Day 100: Work Completion

Client gives final approval. Beyond this, you have the option to hire and take the team in-house!

A sample 100 day journey

Day 1: Discovery

You express your interest either via a form submission or over a quick 15 min call to see if we’re a good fit!

Day 3: Submit Details

We’ll send some templates to ensure we adhere to best-practice product development.

⁠Day 5: CEO call

After evaluating submitted documents, we present the work plan, price and contract details, while addressing any final questions or concerns.

Day 8: Interviews or Product Scoping

For "monthly retainer" pricing model, you may interview candidates at this stage. For the ‘fixed quote’ model, we’ll work on detailed Product Requirements Document (PRD).

Day 15: Work start

We set up a dedicated project Google Drive, Slack connect, Linear workspace, Figma workspace, GitHub repository and CI/CD pipeline infrastructure.

⁠Day 100: Work Completion

Client gives final approval. Beyond this, you have the option to hire and take the team in-house!

Pricing

Pricing

Pro Tier

From $3,999 | month

End to end squad for mission critical launches

2-5 Engineers, Designers and QA

Dedicated Product Manager + Tech lead

Weekly roadmap and risk report

Standard Tier

From $1,399 | month

Core dev team to extend your capacity fast

2-5 Engineers, Designers and QA

Senior Tech lead oversight

Daily slack stand ups and code reviews

Budget Tier

From $599 | month

Junior pod for MVPs and quick experiments

2-5 Engineers, Designers and QA

Guidance from junior Tech lead

Cancel anytime, 2 day rump up

Fixed quote

Starting $4000

Know the scope? lock the cost

Flexible team composition

Product Manager + fractional CTO

Signed SOW, milestone billing

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See Tison in Action

See Tison in Action

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Event Simplified

Event Simplified is a SaaS that provides the power of event-planning to any event-planner regardless of level of experience by:

  • Intelligent task generation for an event from answers of a simplified questionnaire

  • Priority-based task viewing at a glance with a countdown timer for the most upcoming event, with the ability to update the status of a task

  • Quick task generation from a simple prompt

See What Our Clients Say

Freddie Bale

Founder

"The communication and service have honestly been exceptional. One of the things I value most is the level of professionalism and how clearly everything is communicated. A lot of the time with dev work you worry about losing touch with the process or not having control over direction, but you guys do a great job at keeping the client involved and making sure nothing gets lost in translation. I genuinely can’t fault the service and would absolutely recommend you. The way everything’s organised in docs, every detail covered, and you being so in tune with user experience — it’s just a great combo and makes the whole development process feel smooth and well thought out."

Rafael Solari

Founder

“In the past few months, they have built up a full-stack Tally notification app from the ground-up. It’s been amazing working with a self-directed team of students.”

See What Our Clients Say

Freddie Bale

Founder

"The communication and service have honestly been exceptional. One of the things I value most is the level of professionalism and how clearly everything is communicated. A lot of the time with dev work you worry about losing touch with the process or not having control over direction, but you guys do a great job at keeping the client involved and making sure nothing gets lost in translation. I genuinely can’t fault the service and would absolutely recommend you. The way everything’s organised in docs, every detail covered, and you being so in tune with user experience — it’s just a great combo and makes the whole development process feel smooth and well thought out."

Rafael Solari

Founder

“In the past few months, they have built up a full-stack Tally notification app from the ground-up. It’s been amazing working with a self-directed team of students.”

See What Our Clients Say

Freddie Bale

Founder

"The communication and service have honestly been exceptional. One of the things I value most is the level of professionalism and how clearly everything is communicated. A lot of the time with dev work you worry about losing touch with the process or not having control over direction, but you guys do a great job at keeping the client involved and making sure nothing gets lost in translation. I genuinely can’t fault the service and would absolutely recommend you. The way everything’s organised in docs, every detail covered, and you being so in tune with user experience — it’s just a great combo and makes the whole development process feel smooth and well thought out."

Rafael Solari

Founder

“In the past few months, they have built up a full-stack Tally notification app from the ground-up. It’s been amazing working with a self-directed team of students.”

See What Our Clients Say

Freddie Bale

Founder

"The communication and service have honestly been exceptional. One of the things I value most is the level of professionalism and how clearly everything is communicated. A lot of the time with dev work you worry about losing touch with the process or not having control over direction, but you guys do a great job at keeping the client involved and making sure nothing gets lost in translation. I genuinely can’t fault the service and would absolutely recommend you. The way everything’s organised in docs, every detail covered, and you being so in tune with user experience — it’s just a great combo and makes the whole development process feel smooth and well thought out."

Rafael Solari

Founder

“In the past few months, they have built up a full-stack Tally notification app from the ground-up. It’s been amazing working with a self-directed team of students.”

See What Our Clients Say

Freddie Bale

Founder

"The communication and service have honestly been exceptional. One of the things I value most is the level of professionalism and how clearly everything is communicated. A lot of the time with dev work you worry about losing touch with the process or not having control over direction, but you guys do a great job at keeping the client involved and making sure nothing gets lost in translation. I genuinely can’t fault the service and would absolutely recommend you. The way everything’s organised in docs, every detail covered, and you being so in tune with user experience — it’s just a great combo and makes the whole development process feel smooth and well thought out."

Rafael Solari

Founder

“In the past few months, they have built up a full-stack Tally notification app from the ground-up. It’s been amazing working with a self-directed team of students.”

Frequently Asked Questions

What is your Price Guarantee?

We price-match the quotation that you receive from any established service provider offering the same services as we do.

How good our the devs, really?

You are welcome to see their portfolio, assign them test or interview them if you wish to do so before taking on a team on the retainer model.

How can you claim they are “top 0.1%”?

There are roughly 1200 students in Kenya who get straight A’s in the KCSE every year. About 14% of them attended our partner high schools which we exclusively recruit from. Out of this pre-selected pool, only the top 10% reach the Tison apprenticeship stage.

What is your Quality Guarantee?

Fixed quote: we guarantee delivery up to the specifications. If the delivery is not completed by the date we promised, then we’ll continue at no extra charge until the project is done. Staff augmentation: For the monthly retainer model, you interview the candidates first. If it doesn’t work out then you can swap them out at no extra charge!

Frequently Asked Questions

What is your Price Guarantee?

We price-match the quotation that you receive from any established service provider offering the same services as we do.

How good our the devs, really?

You are welcome to see their portfolio, assign them test or interview them if you wish to do so before taking on a team on the retainer model.

How can you claim they are “top 0.1%”?

There are roughly 1200 students in Kenya who get straight A’s in the KCSE every year. About 14% of them attended our partner high schools which we exclusively recruit from. Out of this pre-selected pool, only the top 10% reach the Tison apprenticeship stage.

What is your Quality Guarantee?

Fixed quote: we guarantee delivery up to the specifications. If the delivery is not completed by the date we promised, then we’ll continue at no extra charge until the project is done. Staff augmentation: For the monthly retainer model, you interview the candidates first. If it doesn’t work out then you can swap them out at no extra charge!

Frequently Asked Questions

What is your Price Guarantee?

We price-match the quotation that you receive from any established service provider offering the same services as we do.

How good our the devs, really?

You are welcome to see their portfolio, assign them test or interview them if you wish to do so before taking on a team on the retainer model.

How can you claim they are “top 0.1%”?

There are roughly 1200 students in Kenya who get straight A’s in the KCSE every year. About 14% of them attended our partner high schools which we exclusively recruit from. Out of this pre-selected pool, only the top 10% reach the Tison apprenticeship stage.

What is your Quality Guarantee?

Fixed quote: we guarantee delivery up to the specifications. If the delivery is not completed by the date we promised, then we’ll continue at no extra charge until the project is done. Staff augmentation: For the monthly retainer model, you interview the candidates first. If it doesn’t work out then you can swap them out at no extra charge!

Frequently Asked Questions

What is your Price Guarantee?

We price-match the quotation that you receive from any established service provider offering the same services as we do.

How good our the devs, really?

You are welcome to see their portfolio, assign them test or interview them if you wish to do so before taking on a team on the retainer model.

How can you claim they are “top 0.1%”?

There are roughly 1200 students in Kenya who get straight A’s in the KCSE every year. About 14% of them attended our partner high schools which we exclusively recruit from. Out of this pre-selected pool, only the top 10% reach the Tison apprenticeship stage.

What is your Quality Guarantee?

Fixed quote: we guarantee delivery up to the specifications. If the delivery is not completed by the date we promised, then we’ll continue at no extra charge until the project is done. Staff augmentation: For the monthly retainer model, you interview the candidates first. If it doesn’t work out then you can swap them out at no extra charge!

Top talent

5 months of training and selection. Top 0.1% make it

Top talent

5 months of training and selection. Top 0.1% make it

Senior Leadership

Apprentices are led by several senior engineers and managers.

Value for Money

From $599/month: Designer, Full-stack and AI engineers

Our secret sauce?

We find and develop top 0.1% African talent, specifically for remote work with Western early-stage startups

Pricing

Pricing

Pro Tier

From $3,999 | month

End to end squad for mission critical launches

2-5 Engineers, Designers and QA

Dedicated Product Manager + Tech lead

Weekly roadmap and risk report

Standard Tier

From $1,399 | month

Core dev team to extend your capacity fast

2-5 Engineers, Designers and QA

Senior Tech lead oversight

Daily slack stand ups and code reviews

Budget Tier

From $599 | month

Junior pod for MVPs and quick experiments

2-5 Engineers, Designers and QA

Guidance from junior Tech lead

Cancel anytime, 2 day rump up

Fixed quote

Starting $4000

Know the scope? lock the cost

Flexible team composition

Product Manager + fractional CTO

Signed SOW, milestone billing

Pricing

Pricing

Pro Tier

From $3,999 | month

End to end squad for mission critical launches

2-5 Engineers, Designers and QA

Dedicated Product Manager + Tech lead

Weekly roadmap and risk report

Standard Tier

From $1,399 | month

Core dev team to extend your capacity fast

2-5 Engineers, Designers and QA

Senior Tech lead oversight

Daily slack stand ups and code reviews

Budget Tier

From $599 | month

Junior pod for MVPs and quick experiments

2-5 Engineers, Designers and QA

Guidance from junior Tech lead

Cancel anytime, 2 day rump up

Fixed quote

Starting $4000

Know the scope? lock the cost

Flexible team composition

Product Manager + fractional CTO

Signed SOW, milestone billing

A sample 100 day journey

Day 1: Discovery

You express your interest either via a form submission or over a quick 15 min call to see if we’re a good fit!

Day 3: Details

We’ll send some templates to ensure we adhere to best-practice product development.

⁠Day 5: CEO call

After evaluating submitted documents, we present the work plan, price and contract details, while addressing any final questions or concerns.

Day 8: Interviews or Product Scoping

For "monthly retainer" pricing model, you may interview candidates at this stage. For the ‘fixed quote’ model, we’ll work on detailed Product Requirements Document (PRD).

Day 15: Start

We set up a dedicated project Google Drive, Slack connect, Linear workspace, Figma workspace, GitHub repository and CI/CD pipeline infrastructure.

Day 100: Finish

Client gives final approval. Beyond this, you have the option to hire and take the team in-house!

A sample 100 day journey

Day 1: Discovery

You express your interest either via a form submission or over a quick 15 min call to see if we’re a good fit!

Day 3: Details

We’ll send some templates to ensure we adhere to best-practice product development.

⁠Day 5: CEO call

After evaluating submitted documents, we present the work plan, price and contract details, while addressing any final questions or concerns.

Day 8: Interviews or Product Scoping

For "monthly retainer" pricing model, you may interview candidates at this stage. For the ‘fixed quote’ model, we’ll work on detailed Product Requirements Document (PRD).

Day 15: Start

We set up a dedicated project Google Drive, Slack connect, Linear workspace, Figma workspace, GitHub repository and CI/CD pipeline infrastructure.

Day 100: Finish

Client gives final approval. Beyond this, you have the option to hire and take the team in-house!

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