The Easiest Way to Get a Job at an Early Stage Startup

Want work in an early stage startup? In today's video, I'm going to tell you seven steps that you can take to get a great job at an early stage startup.

I've worked in early stage startups for my entire career, and I've used this exact process and actually to land my latest job and so this is something that I think really works because anybody that I've given this advice to has seen success with it.

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0:00 - Introduction to The Easiest Way to Get a Job at an Early Stage Startup

0:20 - Step #1: This is so so important

Well, if you're not interested in the startup, you're probably not gonna stay there for very long, and startups are volatile, so you have to be interested in the work that the startup is doing in order to actually want to apply for them.

And then from there, there's an entire rabbit hole in terms of the types of businesses that they might be selling to, as well as the types of consumers that they might be interested in.

But what I'd be considering at this point is what's the overall industry or space that this startup works in? Who are the founders and are they still involved with the company?

2:02 - Step #2: You're going to use this later on

The great way that you can think about this is ask yourself, what do you noticing as you explore this startups website.

Are you noticing a missing marketing page? Are you noticing something that's kind of off in terms of their pricing page? Are you noticing an opportunity in terms of how they could potentially sell more effectively or get more signups?

3:02 - Step #3: Make sure you do this

When you see these job listings for early stage startups on AngelList and other websites, you are going to be able to do some reverse research and find the CEO or founder of that business.

The reason why you wanna find this email is because it's usually not all that hard to figure out.

3:49 - Step #4: Use this sort of strategy

The reason why we started out with outlining three opportunities of growth for their business is because this is a case in which you're going to pattern interrupt the CEO and the sorts of emails that they're typically getting from different people.

4:25 - Step #5: You need to figure this out

It's really important that you see whether or not you get along without this person as well as you figure out what they might need help on next. This can be a great opportunity for you to get connected with somebody new and also just build a new relationship.

5:03 - Step #6: It's all about alignment

So it's all about at this point, alignment. This means asking yourself, did I like this person? Do I feel like I can get along with this person? And do I wanna pursue this relationship a little bit further.

What you're doing at this point is you're really just kind of doing some blind dating with founders to see whether or not you found a founder that you wanna work for.

5:55 - Step #7: Repeating the process

This process straight up works. And the reason why I can say that is because I personally used this process a little over two years ago to find my current job.

6:43 - 3 reasons why this work so well

Number one: execs are regularly bombarded with spam emails that add little value to their business.

Number two: the best way to apply for a job is actually to go directly to the founder as opposed to trying to submit something through some sort of portal.

Number three: by leading with value, with those three opportunities, you're gonna pattern interrupt, which then helps you differentiate yourself from all the different candidates.

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