After more than a decade of helping founders make their first hire, I find myself in a familiar seat. I’m hiring a founding Venture Investor.
I’ve been a solo GP for seven years. Starting a firm has been one of the hardest things I’ve done. Running a venture fund is building three entropic businesses at once: managing LP capital, sourcing and winning deals, and running a pro bono consulting service. The emotional swings are real. It’s time to grow the team!
Over the past few months, I’ve spoken with many early-stage GPs about their first hires. Not surprisingly, the consistent takeaway was the “right” profile depends entirely on what you’re trying to build.
With CoFound, I want to be the earliest and most impactful institutional partner to extraordinary founder. This requires cultural alignment.
Founders deserves a firm that moves as fast as they do. They don’t want an assembly line. They want one accountable, highly invested partner. So I’m not looking for an associate. I’m looking for a partner-in-training.
Great venture partners need two things: magnetism and discernment. Magnetism is kinetic energy, passion, grit and genuine thoughtfulness. It compounds naturally with time. Discernment is harder. It requires curiosity, rigor, independent thinking, and humility. It only improves through deliberate effort, reflection, and lived mistakes.
This role demands both, and offers a culture where we push one another to get better.
I’m looking for someone based in New York or San Francisco, or ready to relocate. High agency. Infectious work ethic. Insatiable curiosity about people and markets. Someone who wants to build something enduring.
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