On Deck
Operations Intern, Founder Fellowship
About On Deck
This is the abbreviated version. If you wish to learn more about On Deck, visit the home page of our Career Hub.
On Deck is building a modern education institution: helping the world’s most talented, ambitious people learn the skills and build the networks they need to start — or get in on the ground floor of the next great tech companies.
Our core offering is the On Deck Founder Fellowship: an intensive 10-week program offering extensive expert-led curriculum, and building community around a group of experienced engineers, designers, operators, and repeat founders. ODF is a "founder MBA." Once described as “joining a great company full of super talented people—and proceeding straight to the "mafia" phase."
To date, 450 Fellows have founded around 180 companies, and raised over $90M from some of the best investors in the world. Over the coming years, On Deck will seed many thousands of new world-changing startups, and you have the opportunity to be a part of their journey from day zero.
The Company
We're backed by an all-star line up of investors including DCVC, Village Global, Signalfire, Bloomberg Beta, Canaan Partners, Keith Rabois (Founders Fund), Dylan Field (Figma), Heather Hartnett (Human Ventures), Gagan Biyani (Udemy, Sprig), Sander Daniels (Thumbtack), Alexia Bonatsos, Henry Ward (Carta), Charlie Feng (Clearbanc), Adrian Aoun (Forward) and more.
"Future founders wanted."
On Deck is where the most ambitious future founders want to work.
We value the founder mindset and hire people who will start and run their own companies in the future.
Whether you're with us 6 months or 6 years, your time at On Deck should be less "a step on your career ladder" and more a series of learning curves — each helping you grow and develop your founder toolkit.
The faster you can run up a curve, the harder we'll work to make sure there’s another one so you can continue growing. When you feel you’ve learned what you need, we’ll help you start a company and back you all the way: you’ll have the best access to potential co-founders and collaborators in the world through the On Deck community.
Simply put: if you want to start a company in the coming years, there is no better place for you to do an internship.
The Opportunity
The Fellowship program doesn't happen without the Operations team executing on every last detail — that's where you come in.
You’ll work directly with Brandon Taleisnik (Employee #1, General Manager of ODF) and Sara Hennings (Program Manager) on everything Ops.
On this team, you'll work on the program structure, events & opportunities we offer to Fellows.
We’re looking for a force of nature; someone who will do whatever it takes — both strategically & tactically — to make a massive positive impact on our fellows' lives.
What you will do:
- We treat interns the same as full-timers and give you an immense amount of autonomy, responsibility and impact.
- You will work on everything Ops including:
- Fellowship Programming Calendar — everything from designing the experience to booking guests to hosting interviews).
- New events & initiatives — design & launch experiments to help fellows work together, learn from each other, and connect).
- Sweating the small stuff — ensuring we give fellows & speakers a highly professional experience with every last detail prepared, from intro email to thank-you message.
- Event execution — manage all event logistics, communications, and details with a strong attention to detail.
- Build dozens (maybe hundreds) of new relationships, connections, and an experience that is truly one-of-a-kind connecting top technology Founders & Investors with Fellows from around the world.
- Ultimately, ensuring fellows have a mind-blowing experience unlike any other community they've ever been part of.
- The Operations team will be here for you. Any question, any ask, any meeting, anything you need — we will block time to make it happen.
Who you are:
- High output, execution, and hustle – an ability to own all operations, and an eagerness to dive into the nitty-gritty.
- Passionate about startups & constantly learning about tech.
- Thrives in a fast-paced, often scrappy, sometimes chaotic environment.
- Natural community-builder – understands the long-game, and how to cultivate positive-sum value.
- Has a strong "spirit of service", where you think first how you can give, rather than take, and always seeking opportunities to support Fellows to the max of your ability.
- Serious about inclusion and creating a safe & welcoming space for all members of our community.
- Meticulously detail-oriented and organized – able to juggle many priorities while not dropping any balls.
- Great interpersonal skills, charisma, and enjoys building new relationships.
- Strong communication skills - verbal, written and presentation.
- Our team lives and breathes Slack & Zoom — the Founder Fellowship's central gathering places are a highly active Slack community & a lively calendar of Zoom events. We're looking for team members who are comfortable with both tools or can ramp up quickly.
Why you might be excited about us:
- We’re tackling a big problem with even bigger potential. Participants in our existing Fellowships say great things about us.
- You’ll be able to work remotely and (mostly) set your own schedule. On Deck was a remote-first team even before COVID, so we know what makes for a great remote environment.
- You'll have a lot of flexibility in your role, and will be able to help define what our operations infrastructure looks like going forward.
- We're backed by a who’s who of the biggest names in the venture investing world, including Village Global, Marc Andreessen, Keith Rabois, Chris Dixon, Balaji Srinivasan, Bloomberg Beta, and so many more. (Read more about our fundraise and 50-year vision here.)
Why you might *not* be excited about us:
- We're small (~45 people in the company now), so if you like more established companies, this role isn’t for you. You'll help create our company's culture.
- We're an early stage startup. Projects and priorities are likely to shift.
- Everyone on the team is extremely mission-driven, and works incredibly hard to push towards our lofty ambitions. Most people won’t be cut out for it.
- You should be comfortable with just a dash of chaos. This is not the kind of job where you show up and we tell you exactly what to do every day.
- On Deck is an unabashedly pro-startup, pro-tech organization. If that’s not your thing, this isn’t the place for you.
Location, start date and compensation:
This is a paid, full-time internship for 3 months. This will run from Jan-Mar.
Our team works remotely, but you will have to be available to work on U.S.-friendly hours, which may be difficult from Europe or Asia.
Our program includes some weekend and evening events, which you would be expected to attend.
You would start as soon as possible.
IMPORTANT:
Please note, the application questions are the most important part of this application. We will be reviewing them closely to determine who will move on in our hiring process. Please answer thoughtfully and take your time.
On Deck is the first place the best talent looks when thinking about starting or joining a startup.
- Employees
- 51-200 employees
- Industry
- Internet Software & Services