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Most people looking for Founders Associate roles are searching in the wrong places. I've had 4 or 5 calls this year already where people interested in exploring these roles were introduced to me. Here's my 2 pence: It may not be right for everyone. If you're further along in your career, you'll probably take a step back in salary or "job title ego" but your growth will far surpass what you'd achieve on the corp ladder. Worth noting: pre-seed/seed startups operate differently to Series A+ companies. Know what you're walking into. Here's what actually works: 1. Go direct to solo founders They're drowning in work and need a generalist yesterday. DM them. Show you can unblock things. Skip the formal job posts. 2. Chat with StartUp embedded recruiters or accelerators. Places like Jumpstart live and breathe these placements. They know which founders are hiring before anyone else. I went via Will Boss on the off chance he had someone in his network that was interested! He read the room and placed the introduction to Karen Harris 3. Build in public Comment on founder posts. Make it obvious you understand the chaos and can thrive in it. Ask them for advice. Go straight to the well! 4. Prototype solutions with AI Ask about a real problem they're facing. Build a quick prototype or framework using AI tools, it's never been easier. Lovable, Google AI Studio or Anthropic would be my tool kit. Show them you can ship, not just think. They'll see you're a builder. The role doesn't exist on most job boards because founders hire who's already in the room. Be in the room.

Welcome to the GTM team Ben Webb 💪 We're not just 'going to market', we're shaping the market too. Helping businesses understand the art of the possible, whilst solving unsolved problems with AI. ❤️ We've got various AI agents helping us, but we're also hiring more people into the commercial team over the coming months, so if you're as passionate about AI as we are, and enjoying the prospect of working directly with a cross-sector of clients, reach out. 🙌 And thank you Jumpstart for making the process always so easy! Vincent Mastin Salome Tirado Okeze PASSION LABS

You don’t need the perfect role. You need a role that compounds your skills. If you’re waiting for that perfect role, here’s what’s happening: 😕 You’re optimising for comfort 😕 You’re avoiding a bet 😕 You’re outsourcing identity to a job title A better approach: Pick a role that gives you: 1. a steep learning curve 💪 2. real ownership 💪 3. credible proof you can reuse (building a marketing funnel from scratch, pitching investors) 💪 💪 Perfection is not a strategy, but momentum is. What’s one constraint you could choose (industry, role type, company stage) that would make your search easier? Let me know below! 🤔 And if you want that search to become much easier, Jumpstart is your one stop shop for demystifying the startup world, giving you access to a whole host of Generalist/ Marketing roles with in-depth video pitches and job descriptions. DM me for more info and to get started 🔥 #hiring #jumpstart #job #UKjobs

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Possibly founders' FAVOURITE hobby: moving the goalposts. Whenever I speak to other founders, I notice how quickly success gets redefined. Whatever milestone they’ve just hit becomes their new baseline - and the bar moves up again. Like the Hydra - you lop off one head and another two grow back. I caught myself doing exactly the same a few weeks ago. Seb Johnson 📊🇪🇺 Johnson said some nice things about Jumpstart in a post (see screenshot). My immediate reaction was to move past it: “okay, but what’s next?” Then the comments started coming in. Founders. Candidates. People we’ve worked with over the past few years. For example... Sergei T. Benedict May Aurelia Budiono Max Curtis Tom Savage Arthur Colquhoun Charlotte Rowell David Gelberg Shiv Brodie Joe Seddon Tom Peters Freddie Hooper John Hughes Romil Depala Zoe Bassett Alan Walsh Helena Kazi ... and a number of others. All with positive words of appreciation. Easy to move straight on to the next thing. This made me pause - at least for a minute.

Founder’s Associate, Ops, and Commercial Associate can look similar on paper, but they build different muscles. ‘Generalist’ roles explained (in human terms): Founder’s Associate / Chief of Staff ⚙️ - You are the founder’s bandwidth. - Work: priority triage, special projects, decision support. - Best for 👉 learning speed + pattern recognition. Ops / Business Operations 🏃♂️➡️ - You make the business run. - Work: process, tooling, cross-team execution, metrics. - Best for 👉 systems thinking + ownership. Commercial / GTM Associate 🤑 - You help revenue happen. - Work: outbound, partnerships, pipeline, customer insight. - Best for 👉 persuasion + customer fluency. How to choose: - If you want proximity to leadership: Founder’s Associate - If you want to build durable operator skills: Operations - If you want a fast path to revenue roles (and have previous SDR experience): Commercial Associate If you’re considering a generalist path, which of these feels most like your strengths right now? Let me know in the comments below! PS: I'm hiring for our Generalist stream- we look for both fresh grads who've had a side hustle at uni for our entry level roles, and professional services/ consulting/ investment banking candidates for our more senior "switcher" roles. DM me for more info and to setup an initial consultation call! 📱 #hiring #jumpstart #foundersassociate #chiefofstaff #operations #commercialassociate

Moving away from founder-led sales is one of the hardest things a founder can do. Having someone who'd never made a real cold call come in to help? On paper, a recipe for disaster. Looking back, it's slightly mad that Matthew Sarre took a bet on me at all. But since stepping into sales at Jumpstart, I've heard the same thing on repeat: "SDR is the hardest job in sales." What a load of shite. Yes, the data can be bad. Yes, people find creative new ways to be rude to a 20-something-year-old kid. And yes, the sheer volume of sales gurus telling you to do it one way or another is relentless. Does it take resilience? Absolutely. Is it the hardest job in sales? Not even close. It's a simple role at its core - lots of nos, chasing the few yeses. And sometimes, even when you don't get the yes, you get a little bit of validation that we all so deeply crave ⬇️ Someone recently asked me "what would you have done differently" and I definitely have a long answer to that:  • Define ICP earlier  • Tier accounts properly   • Use Clay to surface data in one place  • Prioritise hiring signals   • Treat data as the be all and end all - pay for FullEnrich   • Get creative with touchpoints sooner All things I wish I'd done from the get-go. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗮 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻: Talk to people. Refine my offer. Repeat. Everything else just helps you do that better.

Another fantastic candidate placed in a stellar startup 🔥 Nathaniel Galway, a fresh grad from The University of Leeds who came to Jumpstart's Generalist Stream with a whole host of consulting, IT and project management internship experience. What I loved about Nathaniel was his constant desire to better himself and get feedback on his interview style and his CV/ professional experience. 🤝 This ultimately would make him stand out on the platform and land a role as a Founders Associate with AutoGrab, an automotive-tech scale up that is rapidly expanding 🚓 The key takeaway here? A constant feedback loop = quicker time to offer. If you remain open to feedback and iterate quickly, you can really make yourself stand out on our platform! It's all in the way you package and position your experience. ✅ Top tip: review your professional experience through the lens of a business owner and try to translate your core skills into the potential impact your skills will have in X role, this is what Nathaniel did particularly well). Congratulations, Nathaniel! If you're looking for a Founders Associate or Chief of Staff role, DM me today to learn more about Jumpstart's generalist stream #job #hiring #jumpstart #foundersassociate #chiefofstaff