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Title posted on CareerBeacon - Startup Coach
Posted on September 13, 2024 by Employer details Propel
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Job LocationPropel is a virtual, pan-Atlantic organization. All staff, including Coaches, work remotely from their home offices based in Atlantic Canada.Job DescriptionAre you passionate about entrepreneurship and supporting founders? Do you consider yourself an advocate for the startup ecosystem? Do you have a background in business and technology? Do you enjoy being challenged and continuously learning? Do you want to contribute to the success stories of tech companies in Atlantic Canada?By helping entrepreneurs build high-value technology companies through our virtual accelerator, Propel aims to build great founders and be a catalyst to establish Atlantic Canada as a leading startup ecosystem for technology.As a result of the success of our virtual accelerator, we have an immediate opening for a full-time contract Coaching role, with an opportunity for extension. Like our accelerator, we are a virtual team based throughout Atlantic Canada.The Startup Coach is an advocate for the founders with whom they work. The Startup Coach draws on their own unique expertise and experience in starting ventures to help founders apply "Lean Startup" principles, and other innovative methodologies, to validate their assumptions and their business model through multiple iterations of customer discovery.We believe coaching is foundational to the founder's entrepreneurial journey. We leverage this emphasis on coaching and combine it with the proven methodologies and world-class content with which we work. The role of the Startup Coach is there to build trust and confidence with founders, to hold them accountable to making meaningful and measurable progress in their business during the accelerator program, and to offer guidance and connections to potential customers, investors and mentors where appropriate. The Startup Coach works with founders to identify measurable goals and hypotheses, and to turn these into actions and learning. They help to create the building blocks for a viable venture with growth potential by translating the problem the startup is solving into a product customers want to buy. The Startup Coach focuses on coaching the founder first, and then the business.As a thought leader for innovation and entrepreneurship, the Startup Coach collaborates with other organizations in the startup ecosystem including community resources, mentor networks, and corporate enterprises.ResponsibilitiesIn this role, you will work closely with the entire Propel team.Key outcomes of the Startup Coach role:Coach startup founders, using the tools and methodologies including the Leanstack framework (www.leanstack.com), to validate problem/solution fit.Help founders apply "Lean Startup" principles and methodologies and customer-centric activities in order to bridge the technology they're building with the needs of potential buyers.Use the Propel framework and tools to continually evaluate founder progress and coach towards achievement of objectives and key results.Hold founders accountable for their progress, including having tough-love conversations where needed.Coach founders, using the tools and methodologies available, to develop a repeatable, scalable sales process and validate a path to product/market fit.Assist founders in applying the Growth X (www.growthx.com) Market Acceleration Program (MXP) methodology in their ventureIdentify effective growth strategies and prepare companies for growth and scaleSet measurable and meaningful market development milestones, hold founders accountable to their objectives and key results, and have tough-love conversations when needed.Ensure founders are conducting customer-focused validation plans and sprintsAid founders in creating a culture of disciplined experimentationAssist founders with creating a business case for investmentHelp companies pivot/iterate as needed to establish the path towards product/market fitSupport founders in building a repeatable sales processAssist founders in sourcing relevant mento- LocationHalifax, NS
- Workplace information On site
- SalaryNot available
- Terms of employment Permanent employmentFull time
- Starts as soon as possible
- vacancies 1 vacancy
- Source CareerBeacon #MB2409185089
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