Magnet.me  -  Het slimme netwerk waarop hbo‑ en wo‑studenten hun baan of stage vinden.

Het slimme netwerk waarop hbo‑ en wo‑studenten hun baan of stage vinden.

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Co-founder wanted to build a social media / marketplace startup

Geplaatst 27 mrt. 2024
Werkervaring
0 tot 5 jaar
Full-time / part-time
Full-time
Soort opleiding
Taalvereiste
Engels (Vloeiend)

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The position

Even in 2018, people are not as well-connected as they can be with respect to their simple needs. People today connect through LinkedIn for full-time employment, or through platforms such as Fiverr or Upwork for freelance professional jobs. Very often though, one needs just one person, at a specific place and time, to carry out something simple for them. Think of help with moving house, assembling furniture, doing groceries, making repairs, walking the dog.

At Holland Startup, we believe that we can build an online and mobile marketplace for this purpose, with the ultimate goal to allow users to outsource everyday tasks to people in their community. You will team up with an LSE MSc Management graduate. Are you the fellow co-founder we’re looking for to shape and pivot this idea into a proof of concept?

A bit about Holland Startup

Holland Startup, an Utrecht-based venture builder, was founded in 2014 with the goal to help young entrepreneurs succeed and overcome the pitfalls of venture building. Since then, we have become the specialist in the design, incubation, acceleration and active operational support of digital companies and their founders. Our core philosophy is “Enabling young entrepreneurs to shape our society”. For the next 5 years, we aim to help 50 entrepreneurs build 25 companies, focusing on themes such as a healthier society, an educated world and financial empowerment. We love business models that are disruptive to stodgy old industries, or that are validated outside of Europe but not yet available in Europe. Since its inception in 2014, Holland Startup has invested in 8 startups and invested over EUR 1 million. We are a diverse, international team of 26, dedicated to find repeatable and scalable business models that can change the world for the better!

The opportunity:

As a co-founder, it will be your primary task to validate and build a startup. Holland Startup builds teams of two co-founders that validate and build startups using a standardized process, allowing us to move from ideation to scaling. We offer:

  • A challenging, full-time (>40 hours) position as co-founder of a startup;
  • Full ownership from scratch: shaping and pivoting a high-level idea into an actual proof of concept and ultimately an MVP (minimal viable product);
  • A research grant while building a startup;
  • An extensive network, access to relevant expertise and in-depth guidance;
  • Incorporating a company and getting backed by venture capital (and their support team) at Holland Startup;
  • A warm and vibrant entrepreneur-driven startup community at our headquarters in Utrecht’s city center, where your startup will be based. We place trust and confidence in our co-founders.

What we are looking for:

  • A great teammate: you get energy when you work in a competent and harmonious group, who are there for each other and help each other when necessary. You are a true partner to your co-founder.
  • Openness: your personality is open and investigative. You are usually open to change and to adopting activities or work methods that are still unfamiliar to you, and you come up with new ideas.
  • Communicative: conveying ideas and opinions clearly to others is your strong suit;
  • Stress tolerant: you’re resilient, determined and passionate about your work, and you continue to perform effectively when facing time-pressure, adversity, disappointment and opposition;
  • Attentive listening: you ask the right questions and you are an excellent listener, as demonstrated by the capacity to pick up significant information from verbal communications;
  • Sociable: you mingle effortlessly with other people and you feel at ease when approaching others or on social occasions;
  • Flexible: adapting to changing circumstances, tasks and responsibilities is something that you’re naturally strong at.

Requirements

  • A degree in a relevant field;
  • 1-4 years of work experience in Online Marketing or Product Design is a plus;
  • Fluent in English, written and spoken. Dutch is advantageous;
  • You live in the Netherlands, preferably close to Utrecht and Amsterdam, or are in the position to move on short notice.

Practicalities:

  1. Interested in this position? Send your application, containing your resume and a motivational letter to apply@hollandstartup.com
  2. You will need to attend 2-3 interviews in person at our office
  3. We highly encourage entrepreneurial women to apply. We value diversity at our company.

Curious to learn more? Please contact Robin Toorneman, Startup Scout at Holland Startup via: apply@hollandstartup.comor +31 6 819 205 65.

At Holland Startup we help young entrepreneurs with living up to their ambitions. We coach, manage and finance young entrepreneurs to build succesful startups. We enable them to shape our society! Are you in?

Venture capital & Private equity
Utrecht
Actief in 1 land
40 medewerkers
60% mannen - 40% vrouwen
Gemiddeld 28 jaar oud

Dit zeggen medewerkers

Swati Mathur

Co-founder ChainSlayer

Swati Mathur

Holland Startup gives an excellent community, timely guidance and much needed structure to first time founders. I joined them because they help me leverage their years of accumulated wisdom to launch my startup in a more calculated and strategic way. I believe this improves my chance of success.

Nick Krushchev

Co-founder Bynd

Nick Krushchev

Holland Startup is not only a place where you work towards your idea, but also where you continuously learn new things. United by the same passion, we - co-founders, aim to help each other throughout the whole process, creating a unique environment.