1/ We aspire for @beondeck (the *company*) to be somewhere the most ambitious future founders want to work
We don't want to hire people who just want to be engineers, operators, or product managers
We want to hire people who will start and run their own companies in the future
2/ If you're with us 6 months or 6 years, your time at On Deck should be less "career ladder" and more a series of learning curves — accelerating your growth
The faster you can run up a curve, the harder we'll work to make sure there's another one waiting for you to jump to
3/ When you feel there's nothing left to learn at On Deck, we'll help you take the next step, and back you all the way.
We have the world's best talent asset on our doorstep: a pool of potential co-founders and collaborators — and you get a birds-eye view.
4/ But heads up: you're not here to moonlight your side-hustle on our dime.
With high autonomy/ownership comes high expectations. Our crew hustles hard: @btaleisnik ran the On Deck Fellowship single handed. He'll also build his own killer startup one day (not too soon I hope 🙃)
5/ Does this sound like you? we have roles open on the @cosign team today:
"If [college] teaches people to be productive citizens of society, On Deck is helping them become productive citizens of the internet"
— @eriktorenberg on the @NFX podcast.
What does this mean?
Why does it matter?
A quick thread exploring the @beondeck mission/vision:
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First, let's wind back the clock ⏪⏱
Back in the 90's and early 2000's, capital and credentials were bottlenecks to starting a technology company.
Anyone can start up... so long as you can get an MBA and $10M from Sand Hill Road.
In the mid 2000s, that all changed.
With the rise of AWS & open source software, the cost to spin up new software products plummeted.
Now, anyone can start up... so long as you can code.
3/ ODF = an intensive 10-week program bringing together a community of experienced engineers, designers, operators, and repeat founders. Includes extensive expert-led curriculum, co-founder dating, and more.
"I may not be starting a startup just yet — i'm taking some time out to explore, advise, angel invest, and think about what I want to do next. Is @beondeck for me?"
We use “on deck” as a verb to describe the state of being between things or thinking of moving on — being "open to opportunity."
To be clear: most in ODF are/are planning to be founders.
But tenured "explorers" contribute immensely to the community, and get a lot of value too.
While this group have been *incredibly* generous with their time, it's not all about "giving"
Joining On Deck is a powerful way to refresh your network, get inspired and boost your entrepreneurial energy, learn some new skills or test some ideas.