We're Not Hiring Employees.
We're Finding Founders.
We conceive the business. You run it. One founder per company, recruited when we find the right operator. Find the one that matches your skills and ambition.
Open Positions
Choose the venture that aligns with your expertise and ambition.
Not A Traditional Job.
This is a founder seat with real skin in the game. We provide the concept, the initial capital, the delivery pods that execute the work, and the mentorship. You provide the execution.
The standard is a paying customer within 90 days of launch. You will own a significant equity stake in the company you build. After proving traction, your company receives seed funding to scale.
Your Own Company
You aren't managing someone else's division. You are building an independent entity where you serve as the Chief Executive.
What You'll Do
You will be the tip of the spear. We don't want planners; we want operators.
Close the First Sale
You are the revenue engine. Your #1 job is to close the first paying customer within 90 days. No excuses.
Drive Sales & Own Revenue
You own the entire sales pipeline. Prospect, pitch, negotiate, and close. You ARE the sales team.
Build the Revenue Machine
Turn ad-hoc sales wins into a repeatable, scalable revenue generation engine with documented playbooks.
Hire to Fulfill Revenue
Once you've closed the deals, recruit and manage your initial delivery pod to ensure you meet your revenue commitments.
Hit Revenue Milestones
Achieve aggressive ARR milestones to unlock seed funding and new growth gates.
Report on the Pipeline
Maintain a rigorous weekly cadence reporting on sales pipeline, closed-won deals, and P&L to the board.
Compensation & Ownership
Transparent from day one. You earn what you build, and you own what you scale.
Phase 1: Execution
First 90 DaysPaid a full-time salary from day one ($80,000–$120,000) so you can focus entirely on execution, while still building and taking meaningful ownership of the company you build.
Phase 2: Post-Customer
After TractionYour day-one salary continues, transitioning to being funded by the company's own revenue. As the business scales, your salary scales with it.
Equity Stake
Long-Term WealthYou receive a significant founding equity stake in the company. You are the founder, not an employee. As the company grows, your equity grows in real value.
Scale Upside
$30K → $90K → $1MAs the business hits systematic MRR milestones, you unlock new tiers of compensation and seed funding injections to fuel aggressive growth.
Who This IS For
- Operators over Planners: You bias toward action and execution, not waiting for perfect market conditions.
- Battle-Tested: You've built something before — even if it failed. You know what it takes.
- Adaptable: You are highly comfortable with ambiguity and willing to figure things out on the fly.
- Triple Threat: You are a leader who can sell, build, and manage simultaneously.
- Wealth Builders: You see a startup as a vehicle to create generational wealth, not just a monthly paycheck.
- Committed: Willing to commit full-time (remote or in-person at our discretion).
⚠️ Who This is NOT For
- If you're looking for a comfortable 9-to-5 with guaranteed corporate benefits, this isn't it.
- If you are optimizing for a big-tech style total-comp package and corporate bonuses rather than building equity value, this isn't the right fit.
- If you want someone else to tell you what to do every day, this won't work.
- If you're not willing to do sales, customer calls, and the unglamorous grunt work yourself, don't apply.
- If you see this as "just a job" rather than a life-changing entrepreneurial opportunity, we are not aligned.
- If you cannot handle the pressure of getting to your first paying customer fast.
The Path Forward
How a founder joins one of our companies
Application
A simple first submission, low friction, just enough for us to screen fit.
In-depth application
After we review your first submission, we ask for a longer, more detailed application.
Evaluation call
After reviewing the in-depth application, we invite you to a 20-minute virtual meeting.
Interview
Shortlisted candidates move to a structured interview.
Sprint 1
The first evaluation sprint: real execution work against clear OKRs.
Sprint 2
A second sprint, measured against clear metrics.
In-person meeting
We meet in person at our Princeton, NJ office to confirm both sides are aligned.
Offer
A Foundery sends a formal offer to the founder.
Onboarding
Once the offer is accepted, salary starts day one and you begin building.
First Customer
90 days to close your first real revenue.
Seed & Scale
Seed funding unlocks. Race to $1M ARR.
Ready to Build Something That's Yours?
This is not a job application. This is your application to become a founder.