FREE SHARED SKILL · PROFESSIONAL PROFILE · ASTRO-ALIGNED
Profile Sharpener
Make a public professional profile easy to classify, hard to dismiss, and credible to more than one serious audience. The workflow balances founder identity, recruiter searchability, operating evidence, leadership behavior, and startup truth without turning the profile into a plea for work or a wall of keywords.
The profile job
CLEAR IDENTITY + SEARCHABLE CAPABILITY + PROOF + CURRENT DIRECTION − DESPERATION − CONTRADICTION
A profile should make the right reader understand what you do, why you are credible, what you are doing now, and why a conversation could be useful. It should not require the reader to decode a résumé, a startup pitch, and a job-search announcement at the same time.
Three audiences get to challenge it
Hiring teamCan a recruiter or founder classify the person quickly? Are the role and domain terms specific, searchable, and backed by evidence?
Founder / investorIs the current company or product focus understandable? Are startup and accelerator claims literally true? Does the profile show operating conviction rather than random experimentation?
Skeptical peerWhich claims would a knowledgeable operator challenge? Are metrics attributable, ex-company signals earned, and leadership described through behavior?
What gets sharpened
Headline
Identity first, capability next, selected credibility last.Keep founder status when it is real, then add exact operating domains and search terms. Reject need-first language and prestige lists that explain nothing.
About
Operating thesis → current work → prior proof → leadership behavior → direction.Short paragraphs, evidence, and a clear professional center of gravity. No cover-letter voice.
Experience
Scope → action → outcome → operating range.Use exact domain language and quantified outcomes without copying the résumé verbatim.
Featured
Usually three high-signal items.Current flagship proof, professional evidence, then a reusable system or technical artifact. Breadth is useful only when the main thing remains obvious.
Banner
Support the profile instead of duplicating it.Current company/product, one thesis, a few capability pillars, and only truthful accelerator or application status.
Founder and hireable can coexist
A founder does not need to remove the founder identity to remain discoverable for senior operating roles. The public profile can lead with competence, current work, and evidence while private targeting settings handle detailed job-search visibility. The skill explicitly rejects contradictory claims such as presenting someone as an all-in full-time founder while publicly advertising immediate availability for any role.
Definition of done
“I understand what this person does, I can see why they are credible, and I know why a conversation with them could be useful.”
Not: “This person wants something from me.”