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Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) | Contractor

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ABOUT THE ROLE

We are a venture studio. We research and validate ideas in-house, then bring in an Entrepreneur in Residence to turn the strongest of them into real companies. Each venture starts with a clear thesis, a budget and a small team already in place.

As EIR, you lead one venture from early build to a standalone business. You work with a small cross-functional team across product, growth, sales and engineering, test quickly with real customers, form the company, and hand it to a long-term CEO once it is ready to raise.

You are the single accountable owner from start to handover. This is a hands-on operating role, not an advisory one. You push forward when the evidence supports the venture and recommend stopping early when it doesn't.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Build

  • Take a validated concept and start executing from week one
  • Lead the product build with a small cross-functional team
  • Use AI and no-code tools to ship product, research and assets quickly
  • Set clear owners, deadlines and weekly milestones for every workstream

Validate

  • Launch an MVP and measure real behaviour: usage, conversion, payment and retention;Run short test-and-learn cycles and drop what the data doesn't support
  • Build the evidence case for continued investment
  • Recommend stopping the venture early if traction isn't there

External Relationships

  • Lead conversations with partners, early customers, suppliers and service providers
  • Drive early business development and first commercial deals
  • Manage contractors and specialists who don't report to you directly
  • Keep leadership and investors informed with regular, concise updates

Company Formation

  • Set up the legal entity, payments and core operating systems
  • Put basic finance, legal and reporting processes in place
  • Recruit the venture's first hires
  • Document decisions, systems and metrics so the business can run without you

Transition

  • Help recruit the venture's long-term CEO
  • Hand over the business cleanly and on schedule
  • Flag risks early to studio leadership before they cost time or money
  • Share lessons learned to improve how the studio builds future ventures

SUCCESS METRICS

  • MVP live with paying or active users within the first 90 days.
  • Clear traction evidence that supports further investment, or an early, well-reasoned stop recommendation
  • Consistent weekly delivery across all work streams
  • Entity, payments and first hires in place on schedule
  • Long-term CEO hired and handover completed within the agreed timeline MUST-HAVE EXPERIENCE
  • Built or led a venture from zero as a founder, early operator or EIR
  • A track record of fast, disciplined execution against a plan
  • Daily, practical use of AI tools to build, research and ship
  • Led small cross-functional teams, including contractors and external partners — Made the call to stop or pivot a product when the data required it

CORE COMPETENCIES

Execution

Speed with structure

End-to-end ownership of outcomes

Judgement

Decides on data, not opinion

Comfortable making hard calls early

Leadership & Communication

Leads without formal authority

Clear, proactive written communication

Requirements

  • 6+ years of experience in startup operations, venture building, general management, or a comparable operating role, ideally spanning more than one company.
  • Direct, hands-on experience taking at least one company from zero to launch, not just supporting someone else's launch, but owning it.
  • Strong working knowledge of AI tools and agentic workflows, with a track record of using them to replace team-based work, not just accelerate individual productivity.
  • Experience designing or operating a structured process for de-risking new initiatives—stage gates, funnel management, or comparable venture-building systems.
  • Hands-on experience managing execution across multiple work streams, products, or business lines simultaneously without relying on a large team.
  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to provide concise, honest assessments of portfolio or business health.
  • Comfortable operating as an independent contractor, with compensation aligned to scope and impact rather than a traditional salary ladder.

WHAT GREAT LOOKS LIKE

  • Starts shipping in the first week
  • Brings evidence, not opinions
  • Every work stream has an owner and a deadline
  • Surfaces problems before they grow
  • Stops a venture early when the data says so
  • Hands over a business that runs without them

CANDIDATE SNAPSHOT

  • A former founder or early operator who has taken a product from zero to paying customers — Builds with AI tools every day and ships before polishing
  • Comfortable leading people they don't directly employ
  • Wants to build multiple companies, not just one
  • Motivated by results, not titles

Benefits

  • Fully remote. No office, no commute, just you, the operating system, and wherever you do your best work.
  • This isn't about inheriting an established company. It's about building and continuously evolving the operating system that future ventures will run on.
  • Core collaboration hours: 9:00 AM–12:00 PM PST, ensuring consistent overlap with the founding team.
  • Contractor engagement, paid in USD.
  • Full compensation details will be shared directly with shortlisted candidates.
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