Associate, Entrepreneur First
£40-70k
+ Generous upside potential based on performance
Office located in Hoxton, London
Entrepreneur-matching platform
Open for applications
Entrepreneur-matching platform
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
£40-70k
+ Generous upside potential based on performance
Office located in Hoxton, London
501-1000 employees
Company mission
Entrepreneur First believes the world is missing out on some of its best founders. It's their mission to find and fund them, wherever they are.
Role
Who you are
- You are in the earliest stages of your career, maybe with 0-3 years experience post-university, keen to learn how to build your craft as a Talent Investor from scratch
- 1. You are intellectually curious: Talent Investors have a deep and persistent desire to increase their knowledge of the world. They seek out the foundational ideas behind a concept or belief system. They often have multiple interests and hobbies, some of which may be quite obscure. They’re constantly updating their knowledge and beliefs through self-directed learning
- 2. You are driven: Talent Investors are innately driven to achieve ambitious goals. They “run through walls” and find creative ways to achieve their desired outcomes. They are restless in their pursuit of excellence, and won’t take no for an answer
- 3. You are a network builder: Talent Investors enjoy building, and immersing themselves within, networks of exceptional people. They can build meaningful relationships with exceptional people; both at peer-level, and with individuals more senior to themselves. They enjoy making intra- and inter-network connections
- 4. You are a discerning judge of others: Talent Investors hold high expectations for themselves and expect the same of others. They are able to balance optimism and realism when they evaluate others. They are able to believe and see possibility in individuals where their potential may not be obvious to others
- 5. You understand and appreciate technology’s potential for impact: Talent Investors are fascinated by technology’s potential for impact, particularly through early stage company creation. Even if not a technologist by training, they will have developed an understanding of, and appreciation for, various different technologies, likely through self-directed learning
What the job involves
- Your job is to identify these outlier individuals before the pivotal moments in their lives, then make sure they reach their potential
- Once you’ve found them, help them build a moonshot
- Develop and execute theses on where you can find exceptionally talented individuals early in their career. Where’s the next Homebrew Computer Club?
- Become a trusted advisor to those individuals - help them unlock their ambition and reach their potential, from advising on career decisions to supporting them in building companies and raising funds
- Constantly improve your mental model of what these individuals look like
- Build relationships with experts in a broad range of fields
- Be a key influencer in deciding which founders and companies EF invests in
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Entrepreneur First is a “talent investor” that recruits and backs individuals pre-team and pre-idea to enable them to found startups.
The company pioneered this new model of talent investing. While other accelerators typically back founders with semi-established businesses, EF was the first to back individuals and match them with other founders during the program.
The company already has a great portfolio of investments, including Cleo, CloudNC and Permutive.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Feb 2019
$143.2m
Sep 2016
$49.8m
Total funding: $193m
Company benefits
- A competitive salary and bonus based on performance
- A buzzing space full of some of the most talented founders, technologists and investors working on world-changing businesses
- The opportunity to supercharge your learning by working with a talented, ambitious and diverse global team (we’re currently operational in multiple countries across Europe, North America, and Asia)
- Have the opportunity to be an early employee at an institution that is changing the way the most ambitious people approach entrepreneurship. The potential impact is enormous
- A Learning & Development allowance to purchase any product or service that will contribute to your personal or professional development
- Enhanced parental leave, plus broader leave policies including additional time off (around two weeks) at the end of the year during Christmas & New Year
Company HQ
London, UK
Leadership
Matt Clifford
(CEO)Started his career at McKinsey as a consultant, where he worked with Alice. Studied at MIT and Cambridge.
Alice Bentinck
(Co-founder and General Partner)Previously a consultant at McKinsey. Also the Co-founder of Code First: Girls
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