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What

We help brands on Shopify sell subscriptions. We're growing extremely
quick after launching at the end of April 2021 ($3.7M seed in August
2021).
Ways we stand out:

  * Solo-founded. Generally speaking, solo-founded companies can give
    way more equity and that's what we do here. We believe very much
    in taking 1 great fit over 3 average fits and giving the 1 great
    fit above market.
  * Post product-market-fit since we're "regiciding" a $2.1B
    incumbent with PMF (ReCharge). Bev, Muddy Bites, MatchaBar,
    SIMULATE, Magic Mind, and most of our customers come from
    ReCharge. We also charge more (since we have a better product).
  * Fintech + transaction fee business model (1% + 20c on every
    order).
  * One of the best times to join in terms of risk/reward. The
    optimum time (EV-wise) to join a startup is right after PMF while
    still being pre-series A. That's us right now. We're also a team
    of 18 so there's still equity to hand out.
  * Extremely picky with hiring. There is a wide spectrum of skill
    (great, good, okay, bad, horrible) and we only hire great (and go
    above market). We optimize for (healthy levels of) revenue per
    employee over total revenue.
  * Fast firing. If someone isn't a great fit, we part ways so they
    can find something else where they're a great fit.
  * Based in NYC (remote for certain roles). We believe in working
    together in person (WFH as needed), sanely long hours, and much
    more equity than "competitive equity" to match this.
  * D2C/Shopify app ecosystem is low tech. No competitors with strong
    engineering teams. Lots of low hanging fruit.
  * Set yourself up to be a founder (if you want to). Feel free to do
    a lot of learning here and go off on another adventure in a few
    years. It'll probably be painful (in a good way) to leave behind
    the equity though :-)
  * Transparency. Everyone has full access to revenue, burn, customer
    pipeline, state of the company, etc.
  * Flat org structure (with leads/comprehension-first titles). Good
    read on this here. When we hire managers, we do it to avoid goofs
    (that were learned on another company's dime). No product
    managers for now since our customers are pretty much our product
    managers (we also expect everyone to be product-minded).
  * No meetings if possible. Make reversible decisions over Slack
    quickly. Make irreversible decisions a bit slower with meetings.
    If needed, 20m meetings by default. Concentrated meetings on 1
    day of the week.
  * Practical perks only (health/vision/dental insurance + tax
    deductible things). Everyone has different spending habits and
    we'd rather just pay you more than waste our brain cycles on
    unused perks.
  * Big long-term vision for building network effects (happy to
    share!).
  * Similar to Netflix culture. We highly recommend reading. Think of
    us like a startup/high-upside version.
  * Trillies, not billies. Unicorn means nothing. We aim for kermit
    ($1T+ valuation).

Why

A big part of joining any startup is betting on the founder(s).
Here's why I think you should bet on me:

  * Extremely obsessive & competitive. Have done 100 hour weeks
    without burning out my whole life. Concrete examples:
      + Top 200 in LoL NA solo queue (100 million+ players globally)
        in 1 year.
      + Learned to code & got top tech internship offers (Pinterest,
        Stripe) in 1 year (dropped out after freshman year).
      + Got a really solid skincare routine down while working
        full-time at Pinterest in 1 year.
      + Got product-market-fit + raised a $3.7M seed for Skio
        completely by myself in 4 months after launching. In 1.5
        years if you include time pre-Skio/post-Pinterest.
  * No personal safety net (e.g. rich family, prior exits) which in
    turn makes me paranoid. This compounds with the above in helping
    me work very hard (beyond what most people consider reasonable).
  * Extremely EV-based decision-making. Even if something is
    uncomfortable, I'll do it (e.g. respectfully firing someone who
    isn't a great fit). I also spend money in any way I can to save
    time and get more done.
  * Not into status building (e.g. getting followers, thought
    leadership, speaking at conferences). Definitely a valid business
    building strategy, but not really what I enjoy (hence why we
    raise money from investors who enjoy this).
  * I love ignoring advice (e.g. 100 hour weeks, skipping class,
    dropping out, solo founding, quitting without a startup idea,
    in-person working, NYC HQ, only hiring great engineers, paying
    above market).
  * Thick-skinned. I'm used to being flamed from my gaming days :-)
    This helps me stay cool in high-pressure situations (e.g. I can
    help calm down angry people).
  * Won't tap out early. Many founders start focusing on other things
    in the $1-10B range (e.g. thought leadership, angel investing,
    other projects). I'll do my best to take Skio into the trillies
    (kermit).

What they're saying

Dr. Parik Patel tweet
 

Click here to see the Skio team

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Goals

I like listing goals publicly to add pressure :-)
End of 2022:

  * $20M+ annual run rate

End of 2029:

  * Kermit ($1T+ valuation)

 
Company

Great traits

  * Honest. Not into ends justifying the means (esp. important in D2C
    where people hate bullshit).
  * Can grind (aka work longer hours).
  * Really good at something with high skill ceiling. Poker, piano,
    gaming, sports, past startup/project, anything.
  * Adventure-driven. We're here to build a legendary company & make
    some fun memories (+hopefully lots of money).
  * Similar sense of humor. We're rekking a $2.1B, 8 year old
    incumbent as a 1 year old company and it'll be more fun if you
    think it's hilarious. It's pretty much trolling on a business
    level.
  * High delta in circumstances & outcome. Maybe you're from a poor
    family (rich af ok too!) or maybe you started coding late, but
    it's a pretty strong signal when you're able to do much better
    than most people in your shoes would do.
  * Apolitical. Get shit done mentality (not performative). You don't
    care about titles/getting promoted or moving into management
    (people who aim for management usually are not great at either IC
    or management).
  * Contrarian (within reason). You study the status quo and
    efficiently try to break it in the right ways.
  * Autonomous. Can take vague requests and get them done without
    needing too much help (if you need dedicated mentorship, we're
    too early right now).
  * Creative. 5 high quality ideas while working on 1 idea.
  * EV-based decision-making. You like impact/it makes you happy.
    Because of this you allocate time to having impact (instead of
    resting & vesting). You might also allocate money to get more
    time.
  * Comfortable parting ways if it's not a great fit.
  * 1+ years of experience. Bonus points for startup experience. Also
    bonus points if you've experienced a political company culture
    and it killed you inside (will do our best to make sure this
    never happens here).
  * Appreciation for dank memes.
  * Proficient in PowerPoint :-)

Typical engineer interview process

  * Practical. No leetcode prep needed.
  * 1-2 chats. Vision, progress, milestones. past org scaling
    experience, what you like working on, etc. In-person or remote.
  * Takehome. Similar to problems we've worked on. Takes ~1-2 hours.
  * Option A: paid 20 hr trial to add feature(s) over 3 days to 1
    week. Day 1 is onboarding/working together in our SoHo NYC office
    + grabbing food. Rest can be in-person or remote (taking 3 days
    off to work together is probably optimal).
  * Option B: in-person onsite that builds on takehome + 1-2 other
    questions. Team meal before/after depending on timing.
  * 2-way ref check. You chat with our investors, customers, &
    partners. We chat with previous (or current) coworkers/managers.
  * Offer. 3 options. 1 high equity. 1 high base. 1 mid equity/base.
    You also get to see our cap table, revenue, burn, customer
    pipeline, & state of the company.

Engineering

 

Software Engineer

(New York, $150k-$300k + above market equity)
Own product features (e.g. SMS subscription management,
notifications, upsells, etc)
 
Apply
 

UX Engineer

(New York, Remote, $80k-$200k + above market equity)
Own user-facing code where sense of design matters. Product designer/
engineer hybrid.
 
Apply
 

Shopify Developer

(New York, Remote, $80k-$150k)
Own integrations (e.g. vanilla Shopify themes, Shogun Frontend,
Nacelle), onboarding, migrations, developer experience & more
 
Apply
 

Engineering Manager

(New York)
Help us avoid goofs using past management experience
 
Apply
 

Head of Engineering

(New York)
Help us avoid goofs using past org scaling experience (~5-20 YoE,
preferably in hypergrowth)
 
Apply

Sales

 

Account Executive

(New York, Remote, $300k+ ote + above market equity)
Full-cycle (source + close). Dramatically higher commission, but we
ask that you close more ACV than your base first ;-)
Goal is to go way above market for great-fits and have not great-fits
move on asap.
Similar to SaaStr's sales plan.
 
Apply
 

Business Development Representative

(New York, Remote)
Find brands in pain
 
Apply
 

Sales Engineer / Solutions Architect

(New York, Remote)
Sell and answer deeply technical questions
 
Apply
 

Sales Operations

(New York, Remote)
Help build out our sales ops (quota, process, workflow)
 
Apply
 

Agency Partnerships

(New York, Remote)
Own agency partnerships
 
Apply
 

Tech Partnerships

(New York, Remote)
Own tech partnerships
 
Apply
 

Head of Sales

(New York)
Help us avoid goofs using past org scaling experience (~5-20 YoE,
preferably in hypergrowth)
 
Apply

Customer Experience

 

Customer Experience

(New York, Remote)
Make customers smile
 
Apply
 

Customer Strategy

(New York, Remote)
Keep customers smiling
 
Apply
 

Head of Customer Experience

(New York, Remote)
Help us avoid goofs using past org scaling experience (~5-20 YoE,
preferably in hypergrowth)
 
Apply

Growth

 

Marketing

(New York, Remote)
Own marketing
 
Apply
 

Growth

(New York, Remote)
 
Apply
 

Head of Marketing

(New York, Remote)
Help us avoid goofs using past org scaling experience (~5-20 YoE,
preferably in hypergrowth)
 
Apply
 

Head of Growth

(New York, Remote)
Help us avoid goofs using past org scaling experience (~5-20 YoE,
preferably in hypergrowth)
 
Apply

Operations

 

Strategic Finance

(New York, Remote)
Own strategic finance (headcount/marketing/sales burn, planning, etc)
 
Apply
 

People Operations

(New York, Remote)
Own people operations
 
Apply
 

Recruiting

(New York, Remote)
Own recruiting
 
Apply

Everything else

 

Product Designer

(New York)
Own design for stuff
 
Apply
 

Anything

(New York, Remote)
 
Apply

What

We help brands on Shopify sell subscriptions. We're growing extremely
quick after launching at the end of April 2021 ($3.7M seed in August
2021).
Ways we stand out:

  * Solo-founded. Generally speaking, solo-founded companies can give
    way more equity and that's what we do here. We believe very much
    in taking 1 great fit over 3 average fits and giving the 1 great
    fit above market.
  * Post product-market-fit since we're "regiciding" a $2.1B
    incumbent with PMF (ReCharge). Bev, Muddy Bites, MatchaBar,
    SIMULATE, Magic Mind, and most of our customers come from
    ReCharge. We also charge more (since we have a better product).
  * Fintech + transaction fee business model (1% + 20c on every
    order).
  * One of the best times to join in terms of risk/reward. The
    optimum time (EV-wise) to join a startup is right after PMF while
    still being pre-series A. That's us right now. We're also a team
    of 18 so there's still equity to hand out.
  * Extremely picky with hiring. There is a wide spectrum of skill
    (great, good, okay, bad, horrible) and we only hire great (and go
    above market). We optimize for (healthy levels of) revenue per
    employee over total revenue.
  * Fast firing. If someone isn't a great fit, we part ways so they
    can find something else where they're a great fit.
  * Based in NYC (remote for certain roles). We believe in working
    together in person (WFH as needed), sanely long hours, and much
    more equity than "competitive equity" to match this.
  * D2C/Shopify app ecosystem is low tech. No competitors with strong
    engineering teams. Lots of low hanging fruit.
  * Set yourself up to be a founder (if you want to). Feel free to do
    a lot of learning here and go off on another adventure in a few
    years. It'll probably be painful (in a good way) to leave behind
    the equity though :-)
  * Transparency. Everyone has full access to revenue, burn, customer
    pipeline, state of the company, etc.
  * Flat org structure (with leads/comprehension-first titles). Good
    read on this here. When we hire managers, we do it to avoid goofs
    (that were learned on another company's dime). No product
    managers for now since our customers are pretty much our product
    managers (we also expect everyone to be product-minded).
  * No meetings if possible. Make reversible decisions over Slack
    quickly. Make irreversible decisions a bit slower with meetings.
    If needed, 20m meetings by default. Concentrated meetings on 1
    day of the week.
  * Practical perks only (health/vision/dental insurance + tax
    deductible things). Everyone has different spending habits and
    we'd rather just pay you more than waste our brain cycles on
    unused perks.
  * Big long-term vision for building network effects (happy to
    share!).
  * Similar to Netflix culture. We highly recommend reading. Think of
    us like a startup/high-upside version.
  * Trillies, not billies. Unicorn means nothing. We aim for kermit
    ($1T+ valuation).

Why

A big part of joining any startup is betting on the founder(s).
Here's why I think you should bet on me:

  * Extremely obsessive & competitive. Have done 100 hour weeks
    without burning out my whole life. Concrete examples:
      + Top 200 in LoL NA solo queue (100 million+ players globally)
        in 1 year.
      + Learned to code & got top tech internship offers (Pinterest,
        Stripe) in 1 year (dropped out after freshman year).
      + Got a really solid skincare routine down while working
        full-time at Pinterest in 1 year.
      + Got product-market-fit + raised a $3.7M seed for Skio
        completely by myself in 4 months after launching. In 1.5
        years if you include time pre-Skio/post-Pinterest.
  * No personal safety net (e.g. rich family, prior exits) which in
    turn makes me paranoid. This compounds with the above in helping
    me work very hard (beyond what most people consider reasonable).
  * Extremely EV-based decision-making. Even if something is
    uncomfortable, I'll do it (e.g. respectfully firing someone who
    isn't a great fit). I also spend money in any way I can to save
    time and get more done.
  * Not into status building (e.g. getting followers, thought
    leadership, speaking at conferences). Definitely a valid business
    building strategy, but not really what I enjoy (hence why we
    raise money from investors who enjoy this).
  * I love ignoring advice (e.g. 100 hour weeks, skipping class,
    dropping out, solo founding, quitting without a startup idea,
    in-person working, NYC HQ, only hiring great engineers, paying
    above market).
  * Thick-skinned. I'm used to being flamed from my gaming days :-)
    This helps me stay cool in high-pressure situations (e.g. I can
    help calm down angry people).
  * Won't tap out early. Many founders start focusing on other things
    in the $1-10B range (e.g. thought leadership, angel investing,
    other projects). I'll do my best to take Skio into the trillies
    (kermit).

What they're saying

Dr. Parik Patel tweet
 

Click here to see the Skio team

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Goals

I like listing goals publicly to add pressure :-)
End of 2022:

  * $20M+ annual run rate

End of 2029:

  * Kermit ($1T+ valuation)

 
Company

Great traits

  * Honest. Not into ends justifying the means (esp. important in D2C
    where people hate bullshit).
  * Can grind (aka work longer hours).
  * Really good at something with high skill ceiling. Poker, piano,
    gaming, sports, past startup/project, anything.
  * Adventure-driven. We're here to build a legendary company & make
    some fun memories (+hopefully lots of money).
  * Similar sense of humor. We're rekking a $2.1B, 8 year old
    incumbent as a 1 year old company and it'll be more fun if you
    think it's hilarious. It's pretty much trolling on a business
    level.
  * High delta in circumstances & outcome. Maybe you're from a poor
    family (rich af ok too!) or maybe you started coding late, but
    it's a pretty strong signal when you're able to do much better
    than most people in your shoes would do.
  * Apolitical. Get shit done mentality (not performative). You don't
    care about titles/getting promoted or moving into management
    (people who aim for management usually are not great at either IC
    or management).
  * Contrarian (within reason). You study the status quo and
    efficiently try to break it in the right ways.
  * Autonomous. Can take vague requests and get them done without
    needing too much help (if you need dedicated mentorship, we're
    too early right now).
  * Creative. 5 high quality ideas while working on 1 idea.
  * EV-based decision-making. You like impact/it makes you happy.
    Because of this you allocate time to having impact (instead of
    resting & vesting). You might also allocate money to get more
    time.
  * Comfortable parting ways if it's not a great fit.
  * 1+ years of experience. Bonus points for startup experience. Also
    bonus points if you've experienced a political company culture
    and it killed you inside (will do our best to make sure this
    never happens here).
  * Appreciation for dank memes.
  * Proficient in PowerPoint :-)

Typical engineer interview process

  * Practical. No leetcode prep needed.
  * 1-2 chats. Vision, progress, milestones. past org scaling
    experience, what you like working on, etc. In-person or remote.
  * Takehome. Similar to problems we've worked on. Takes ~1-2 hours.
  * Option A: paid 20 hr trial to add feature(s) over 3 days to 1
    week. Day 1 is onboarding/working together in our SoHo NYC office
    + grabbing food. Rest can be in-person or remote (taking 3 days
    off to work together is probably optimal).
  * Option B: in-person onsite that builds on takehome + 1-2 other
    questions. Team meal before/after depending on timing.
  * 2-way ref check. You chat with our investors, customers, &
    partners. We chat with previous (or current) coworkers/managers.
  * Offer. 3 options. 1 high equity. 1 high base. 1 mid equity/base.
    You also get to see our cap table, revenue, burn, customer
    pipeline, & state of the company.

Engineering

 

Software Engineer

(New York, $150k-$300k + above market equity)
Own product features (e.g. SMS subscription management,
notifications, upsells, etc)
 
Apply
 

UX Engineer

(New York, Remote, $80k-$200k + above market equity)
Own user-facing code where sense of design matters. Product designer/
engineer hybrid.
 
Apply
 

Shopify Developer

(New York, Remote, $80k-$150k)
Own integrations (e.g. vanilla Shopify themes, Shogun Frontend,
Nacelle), onboarding, migrations, developer experience & more
 
Apply
 

Engineering Manager

(New York)
Help us avoid goofs using past management experience
 
Apply
 

Head of Engineering

(New York)
Help us avoid goofs using past org scaling experience (~5-20 YoE,
preferably in hypergrowth)
 
Apply

Sales

 

Account Executive

(New York, Remote, $300k+ ote + above market equity)
Full-cycle (source + close). Dramatically higher commission, but we
ask that you close more ACV than your base first ;-)
Goal is to go way above market for great-fits and have not great-fits
move on asap.
Similar to SaaStr's sales plan.
 
Apply
 

Business Development Representative

(New York, Remote)
Find brands in pain
 
Apply
 

Sales Engineer / Solutions Architect

(New York, Remote)
Sell and answer deeply technical questions
 
Apply
 

Sales Operations

(New York, Remote)
Help build out our sales ops (quota, process, workflow)
 
Apply
 

Agency Partnerships

(New York, Remote)
Own agency partnerships
 
Apply
 

Tech Partnerships

(New York, Remote)
Own tech partnerships
 
Apply
 

Head of Sales

(New York)
Help us avoid goofs using past org scaling experience (~5-20 YoE,
preferably in hypergrowth)
 
Apply

Customer Experience

 

Customer Experience

(New York, Remote)
Make customers smile
 
Apply
 

Customer Strategy

(New York, Remote)
Keep customers smiling
 
Apply
 

Head of Customer Experience

(New York, Remote)
Help us avoid goofs using past org scaling experience (~5-20 YoE,
preferably in hypergrowth)
 
Apply

Growth

 

Marketing

(New York, Remote)
Own marketing
 
Apply
 

Growth

(New York, Remote)
 
Apply
 

Head of Marketing

(New York, Remote)
Help us avoid goofs using past org scaling experience (~5-20 YoE,
preferably in hypergrowth)
 
Apply
 

Head of Growth

(New York, Remote)
Help us avoid goofs using past org scaling experience (~5-20 YoE,
preferably in hypergrowth)
 
Apply

Operations

 

Strategic Finance

(New York, Remote)
Own strategic finance (headcount/marketing/sales burn, planning, etc)
 
Apply
 

People Operations

(New York, Remote)
Own people operations
 
Apply
 

Recruiting

(New York, Remote)
Own recruiting
 
Apply

Everything else

 

Product Designer

(New York)
Own design for stuff
 
Apply
 

Anything

(New York, Remote)
 
Apply
 
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