What Is Connect Proactive?
A new model for the freelancing space designed to work earlier than agencies and project platforms. We connect you with top freelance and fractional talent before demand hits.
This means stronger relationships, better project scoping, and faster delivery when it matters most.
How Connect Proactive Works:
01 - Tell Us About Your Business
Share key details—your services, team, culture, and how you like to work.
02 - Plan Your Freelance Needs
What are your upcoming goals and where can freelance or fractional experts help fill the gaps.
03 - The Search
We combine AI-powered tools and classic search methodology to find the best freelancers for your specific business goals.
04 - Build Your Connect Tool
We provide a free, central system to store and manage your freelance network—including new and existing freelance contacts.
05 - Engage Talent
Access pre-vetted freelancers matched to your goals—weeks or even months before projects start.
Building your Connect tool and matching your goals with top freelancers is completely free!
Why Connect With Freelance & Fractional Experts Early?
Manage Capacity
Plan ahead for busy periods and secure top talent before demand spikes—so you can take on more work and execute with confidence.
Hire Better Talent
Access the full freelancer market early—giving you more time to find the best people, not just the best available at short notice.
Huge Savings
Clients save 75% on average vs agencies & project platforms—by connecting early and avoiding ongoing agency fees .
Scope Better Projects
Integrate expert freelancers into the scoping stage—so projects are better planned and you can execute with more confidence.
Freelancer Management
Thanks to the Connect tool you can now store and organise your freelance network with ease—making early connection possible.
Plan Ahead
Connect with freelance experts well before periods of rapid growth (i.e fundraising) so you have the right experts ready well before they're needed.
Plug Internal Gaps
You may already have a full- time team of rockstars but it would't hurt to supplement them with some industry experts to plug any internal gaps.
Cost Effective
The Connect Black Book is completely free to set up. If you do hire a Connect freelancer our fee model offers tremendous value.
Manage Capacity
If you work with the same type of freelancer regularly - access these individuals early and avoid hefty agency + platform fees.
A Quick Look At The Connect Tool
Custom built just for you
A freelancer management system built specifically for your SME or Scaleup—tailored to your needs and designed to work standalone or alongside your existing systems.
Fully automated, less admin
Freelancers update their own availability and profiles—reducing manual admin for your team.
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Low risk, high reward
There's no cost to build your network and no obligation to hire—just access to top freelancers, with fixed, capped fees if you do.
Freelance talent shouldn't be a reaction
It should be an operating layer in your business
Strategy
Start-up Roles
Operations
Data
How SME's & Scaleups Are Using Connect Proactive
Region
Money Saved
(vs. agency fees)
Where They Needed Support
How We Helped
Boutique
Consulting Firm
London
£62K
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We regulary use freelance Manager and Consultant level CDD experts. We'd love to build a network of strong freelancers in the U.K & Germany who can support us on future projects.
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Built network of 9 CDD Managers in U.K & Germany - 2 hires
Built network of 17 CDD Consultants in U.K & Germany - 7 hires
A.I Edtech Platform
London
£50K
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We want to build a lean, scalable analytics infrastructure and move towards more data-driven decision making.
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​Improve our ability to rapidly prototype and deploy AI models that support scalable product growth.
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Built network of Fractional Data Experts (ex-Meta, Google etc.) - led to 1 hire.
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Built network of 10 machine learning engineers with deep knowledge of training A.I tools - led to 3 hires.
Real Estate
Business
London
£18K
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We're focused this year on identifying inefficiencies, implementing process improvements, and enhanching operational execution
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Built network of 8 operations experts with exp. in real estate - led to 3 hires
exp. including pricing, process improvement and org design.
VC Backed
Marketplace
London
£39K
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We want to analyze and optimize core operational workflows across sales, leasing, customer onboarding, and internal team coordination to support rapid scaling and growth targets.
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Built network of 8 ops experts - led to 2 hires.
Built network of 7 business analysts - led to 2 hires.
Built network of 8 Project Managers - led to 1 hire
Connect Proactive Testimonial:
The freelancers we ended up working with have been some of the best company hires we have made. We have been working closely with them for over six months now, and the quality of their work has been nothing short of phenomenal. Not only have they helped us build our tutor bot effectively, but they have also provided invaluable advice on enhancing our product. Thanks to Connect's support, we have found an A.I team that has been integral to our project's success and has pushed our company's capabilities to new heights."
Sophie R.
Sophos Education CEO
COMMON
QUESTIONS
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We support freelance & fractional experts at all levels with experience in Strategy, Operations, M&A and Data Science (inc. A.I). We're currently beta testing support for Legal, Finance and Developer freelancers - watch this space!
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We work with boutique consulting firms, startups (post-revenue) and VC-backed scaleups.
Here's a clear breakdown of the pricing model for Connect Proactive:
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Building your private Connect Tool: free
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Finding freelancers for specific business goals: free
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Hiring a freelancer through Connect: low fixed daily fee (varies between client type)
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Annual Fee Cap: once you reach our fee cap we stop charging for the rest of the year
We've fixed the major pain points SME's & Scaleups feel when using traditional agencies & project platforms:
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Quality: We don't just rely on a pre-existing network of talent - we search the wider marketplace to bring clients the best freelancers.
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Pricing: No more high ongoing % day rate fees. We operate a simple low fixed daily fee with an annual fee cap.
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Vetting: We don't adopt a one size fits all approach to freelancer vetting. We adapt every vetting process based on each individual clients needs.
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Tech: We give SME's & Scaleups a free tool to easily manage their freelancer networks.
We currently operate across Europe, MENA and parts of Asia
If your a freelancer with the right skills you can join are network straight away.
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For clients - we have a short 5 min video doc explaining how connect can support you in growing your SME or Scaleup. Get in touch at info@bbecosystem.com to request the doc or schedule a quick intro call.
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