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HOW TO GET AJOB
A T H O T S T A R T U P
by Taiki Beaufils
KNOWYOURSELFFULLY
ASSESS THERISK
SERIES A SERIES C
SERIES B
W H O Y O U A R E ? !
SEEDSTAGE
SEEDSTAGESTARTUPS
Seed stage startups face insanely high levels of
risk. You need to keep in mind that these startups
have, more or less, 15 months of cash to execute
and get to the next level of funding.
Seed stage startups likely don’t have product-
market fit yet; and if you get a startup job as a
non-tech role, chances are your job will change
LITERALLY every day.
RISK LEVEL: EXTREMELY HIGH
SALARY: LOW OR BELOW
MARKET-RATE
SERIES ASTARTUPS
Series A startups have a specific business
model and are growing. They are likely to be
facing issues such as customer retention,
acquisition and finding out the sales funnel.
If you are interested in series A startups, it is
still a highly risky stage to join and they are
likely to have about 18 months of cash from
funding. At this stage, you want to join a
startup that has strong support from
investors.
RISK LEVEL: HIGH
SALARY: OK
SERIES BSTARTUPSThese startups have sorted out a solid sales
funnel. However, they are still trying to
scale up and become big players. The Series
B is special and very hard to acquire. The
Series B is an indicator for whether the
startup has the potential to be, say, the next
Airbnb.
At this stage, startups start hiring executives
to institute real processes. You may not find
the ideal role for you to take at this stage,
but you can start expecting a decent salary.
RISK LEVEL:MEDIUM
SALARY:MEDIUM
SERIES CANDBEYONDThese startups are practically turning into
big companies at this point. Series C
Startups know their products and
markets, and it’s all about expansion. The
size of these companies may be above 100
employees or so. At this stage, you will
likely find a specialized role that is well
defined.
RISK LEVEL: LOW
SALARY: ABOVE MARKET-
RATE SALARY
WHICH STARTUPSTAGE DO YOUTHINK YOU WILL BEA BETTER FIT?
Series A
Series CSeries B
Seed Stage
BUILD ANULTIMATELIST OFSTARTUPSONLY FORYOU
BUILD A LIST OF STARTUPSYOU WANT TO WORK BASEDON YOUR RISK TOLERANCE
TIP: use Angel list and Crunchbase.
Make a list of startup's name, industry, CEO's contact
information. Record all information on Google
Spreadsheet. Go to the nest step!
Make a list of at least 100startups
100
1STEP
TechMarketing (writing, social media,research, data-analysis, lead generation)Business developmentSalesProductCustomer service
LIST DOWN WHAT YOU CANOFFER THESE STARTUPS
2STEP
SEED ROUNDOR SERIES A
Find a connection to one of
the teams on LinkedIn.
Follow and engage with one of
the team members to catch
their attention. (Twitter is also
a great platform for this.)
Reach out to them from their
contact page.
Apply for specific jobs
Learn about company
Wait for the interview
LATER-STAGESTARTUPS
I T ’ S T I M E F O R Y O U T O S T A R TR E A C H I N G O U T
3STEP
THANK YOUT E L L U S A B O U T Y O U R S T A R T U P J O B
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