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

W W W . D 8 I I . C O M

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