Growth path: Chief of Staff or Head of Partnerships
Reports to: Founder & CEO
Our client, Brderless, is building a curated network for the tech ecosystem, bringing founders, operators, and investors together through invitation-only dinners, breakfasts, workshops, and hackathons.
What makes the company different is that curation itself is the product. Every room is intentionally designed around who should meet, why they should meet, and what can come from those relationships. In just 18 months, Brderless has grown to nearly $1M in revenue, welcomed 5,000+ vetted members, and built a 15,000-person tech newsletter, all with a team of one.
End-to-end production: sourcing and vetting attendees, running the day, and the follow-up that turns a room into a relationship
Curation judgement: knowing who belongs at a founder breakfast, who belongs at a builder hackathon, and why
Being the person in the room when our founder cannot be. Not every week, but when the calendar collides
One source of truth on who is in the network, what they are building, and what they need
CRM hygiene, intro tracking, and warm-intro routing that runs without anyone remembering to run it
A standard follow-up sequence after every single room
Playbooks, templates, and AI-assisted workflows, so the tenth room costs a fraction of the first
An honest audit of where our current process breaks, and the authority to fix it
Coordinating the volunteers who help us on the ground in New York
This one matters more than it usually does in a job like this.
Room recaps, newsletter operations, and the content pipeline
You will post publicly under the Brderless name, and under your own
We want your ideas and your face, not just your editing. Our founder is stepping into public view over the next few months and wants someone doing it alongside her
You know how curation works for each format
You have shadowed a full room cycle end to end and taken over logistics for the next one
You have delivered an audit of where our current process breaks
You are already making content
You own one room end to end, with the founder involved only on curation
The member CRM is live and accurate
A standard follow-up sequence runs after every room
Room production is a documented, repeatable system that belongs to you
Post-room introductions and member retention are measurably up
You have been sitting in on partner conversations and understand how we make money
You have started one initiative nobody asked you to start
You are good with people and good at systems.
That combination is rarer than it sounds, and it is the whole job. You read a room, remember the details, follow up without being asked, then go home and build the automation so you never have to remember it manually again.
Beyond that:
You are comfortable being visible. Posting, hosting, introducing yourself to a founder you have never met. The back-office version of this role does not work.
You have taste and standards. Our members are serious people and they can tell instantly when something is sloppy. Curation is our product.
You work with high context and low instruction. Nobody here is going to sequence your week.
You are hungry. We would rather have someone early in their career who wants this badly than someone senior who has done it before and is coasting.
You take blunt feedback well and would rather build the machine than be photographed next to it.
You care about tech and founders specifically. Throwing a good party and caring about this ecosystem are different skills, and we need both.
You do not need a network yet. You do need the willingness to build one in public.
You have already handled sponsorship or partnership money, at any scale. A $5,000 hackathon sponsorship counts
An existing footprint in the San Francisco or New York tech scene
Newsletter, podcast, or content production behind you
Experience with large-format events, 150 people and up
A side project you built because nobody else was going to build it
Some travel, mainly to cover rooms our founder cannot be at. Not every week
Early mornings and occasional evenings come with running breakfasts and dinners
Full-time, working closely and often in person with the founder
First conversation with our founder. Half of it is us selling you the company, half is us working out whether we build well together.
A case study. We will ask you to audit how Brderless runs today and tell us what you would change. We want to see how you think and what you notice that we have stopped noticing.
A paid one-week trial. A week working together tells both sides more than three interviews do.
Final conversation, then a decision within days. We move fast.
Skills Required
- Comfortable posting publicly, hosting events, and introducing yourself to founders
- Strong people skills and ability to read a room, remember details, and follow up independently
- High standards and sound judgment for curating professional technology events
- Ability to work with high context and low instruction
- Hungry, proactive attitude and willingness to build systems independently
- Ability to receive blunt feedback constructively
- Specific interest in technology companies and founders
- Experience handling sponsorship or partnership money
- Existing footprint in the San Francisco or New York technology community
- Newsletter, podcast, or content production experience
- Experience with large-format events of 150 or more people
- A self-directed side project
- Availability for some travel, early mornings, and occasional evenings
- Full-time availability and ability to work closely and often in person with the founder
What We Do
A-Players is a talent technology and recruiting firm that connects top-tier talent with mission-driven startups and investors. They provide leadership recruitment, dedicated business associates on a subscription basis, and consulting services to help companies build strong cultures and high-performing teams. Their mission is to shift the global culture from money-first to impact-first by matching exceptional individuals with organizations that aim to create positive change.
