Build your own learning experience: M13’s Entrepreneur in Residence Program
M13 introduces its EIR program, which creates flexible space and growth opportunities in a VC setting for entrepreneurs inbetween startups.
Entrepreneur-In-Residence (EIR) programs have always been a standard part of venture capital: the typical program is a solution that engages strong executives who are between opportunities to benefit from their expertise in the short term and ultimately securing them within an existing or new portfolio company.
As former founders and operators, we build M13 programs with the founder at the heart. So in building our own EIR program, we designed it to be able to work with founders we love who are between opportunities and to build something truly impactful that results in a winning scenario for everyone.
M13 has always taken a unique and disruptive approach to venture; from the start we invested significant resources to operate alongside our portfolio companies and truly partner with them as they face challenges and opportunities in their growth. The results are a special bond with our founders that lets us work side-by-side with them on the most meaningful projects for their business. Through our EIR program, we are giving founders a home as they ideate and create their next businesses, and M13 is uniquely suited to do that through our three pillar operating structure.
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Investing: the standard VC function that centers around identifying and building our core investment portfolio.
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Propulsion: where we focus on delivering world-class operational support and knowledge to be shared with our portfolio companies.
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Launchpad: where we ideate new businesses in white spaces where we feel no company is solving a need and we can back a new founding team to go after the category.
Our EIR program is designed to engage a founder across these three pillars, each providing its own unique learning and benefits. Here’s how it might work for you.
Investing
Help identify great early-stage companies to build M13’s core investment portfolio.
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Propulsion
Deliver world-class operational support and knowledge to be shared with our portfolio companies.
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Launchpad
Develop and launch your next company.
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Who is the ideal M13 EIR?
As a talent-first organization, we start by looking for amazing humans and then find the right way to leverage their strengths. This is no different.
Some of the experiences we think would be most useful in a former founder or early stage start-up leader are:
You have deep subject matter expertise in one of the following areas: technology & engineering, product design & development, go to market strategy and growth.
You are thinking about your “next big thing” and want to stay active in the venture community.
What personal characteristics would make an M13 EIR successful?
Entrepreneurial instinct: you love to build and look forward to creating something game-changing in the future. You’re excited to work with early stage companies and get things done smartly.
Growth mindset: you enjoy helping others get better from your insights and experience. Equally, you are open to development and looking forward to learning from our teams as much as they learn from you.
Comfortable with uncertainty: this role has the potential to adapt to your interests and areas of strength and expertise. As such, it’s fairly unstructured. Given that you are comfortable with ambiguity, you are able to make decisions in the face of limited information and easily adapt to continuously shifting priorities.
M13’s EIR program is an open-ended program that we will deploy opportunistically as needed. We are always looking to connect with world-class talent, and we’ll create great opportunities for them as they enter our orbit. Introduce yourself to us below.
