Professional Founder Finder

Professional Founder Finder

Wefunder helps everyday people invest in the startups they love.

We've helped thousands of startups and small businesses – including flying cars, space rockets, breweries, Hollywood studios, and potential Ebola cures – raise almost a billion dollars.

We're a Public Benefit Corporation with a mission to revitalize capitalism and keep the American dream alive. GDP growth is slowing. Wealth inequality is increasing. Entrepreneurship is dying across America; falling from 10.6% to 3.6% among those under 30 since 1989. We're reversing these trends by funding more deserving businesses across all of America, not solely tech startups in Silicon Valley.

We're a team of founder types: enjoy autonomy, responsibility, the opportunity to learn, and no red tape. Just make it happen.

Wefunder's Story 💡 https://wefunder.com/wefunder

Our Public Benefit Corp Mission 🎙 https://wefunder.com/charter

Responsibilities

This role is based full-time in San Francisco.

• Source, onboard, and support founders through the process of raising money on Wefunder.
• Understand the value of a company raising money from it’s customers, community, and users, and be able to effectively communicate that vision to others.
• Creatively source new leads and build a pipeline. Any tactic is on the table.
• Talk to dozens of founders every week, at basically every stage of business, and across multiple industries. You can empathize just as quickly with a Series B SaaS founder as with the restaurant owner down the street.
• Be the voice and face of Wefunder in the wild. What you do and say has the potential or make or break the entire industry.

Requirements

• You’re passionate about helping founders succeed.
• You thrive in in-person work cultures and will show up to our San Francisco office.
• You are a former founder or a founder-type. You can send a cold email to anyone, and build a process from the ground up.
• You’re scary smart, and a good teacher: many founders you speak with won’t know how a SAFE works yet.
• You’re gritty and don’t let rejection get you down. In this role, you’ll hear “no” a lot.
• Talking to founders gives you energy; you want to be on calls and build relationships with other smart people. You believe in our mission.
• You have prior experience in Business Development at an early stage startup. Hitting targets and winning is fun.
• You’re hyper organized and can manage a sales pipeline. You can build a repeatable process.

Benefits

• $100k to $150k plus equity depending on experience
• Unlimited vacation days (mandatory 3 weeks off)
• Medical, dental, & vision insurance
• 401K
• Apple equipment. Whatever you want
• Lots of free food and drinks
• Reimbursement for classes and conferences

If you feel like you don't meet all of the points above, but love this role, we encourage you to apply anyways. We don't want a confidence gap and imposter syndrome to get in the way of meeting incredible candidates.🦄

To Apply

To apply, email [email protected] with your CV or LinkedIn and why you'd like to work with us.