Overview
Founder in Residence Jobs in United States at Just Badge
Title: Founder in Residence
Company: Just Badge
Location: United States
You have the idea. You just don't have the team.
You've spent years inside an industry. You know exactly what's broken — you probably have a name for the thing that would fix it. You've thought about building it. Maybe you've even sketched it out.
What stopped you is what stops every domain expert: no engineering team, no technical co-founder, no way to get from idea to something real without quitting your job and burning 18 months.
We close that gap.
What This Is
Badge Labs is a venture studio. We're the technical co-founding team. You bring the idea, the industry expertise, and the network. We build the company with you — product, brand, go-to-market, the whole thing.
You own the business. We own the build. Both sides have skin in the game.
This is not a dev shop. It's not an agency. It's a co-founding partnership — a venture studio model where we build the company with you, not for you.
You Might Be
- A senior operator — VP, GM, president, MD. You've watched a gap go unfilled for years.
- A consultant — recommended the same fix 50 times. Tired of nobody building it.
- An investor — PE, VC, family office. You see the thesis; now you want to operate.
- An exited founder — ready for the next one, but not the tech grind from scratch.
- A franchise or services-firm operator — running on spreadsheets, knowing there's a product play.
- An industry analyst or podcaster — audience, thesis, and capital. No product.
What You Bring
- 10+ years deep in an industry — you know the buyers because you are (or were) one
- An idea, OR the conviction to take one from our shortlist of vetted opportunities (idea is optional — conviction is not)
- Network access to potential first customers
- You've actually run something — not just advised on it
- Capital to commit to a co-founding role (full terms on the landing page)
Where we see gaps right now
- Legal — practice management, document automation, valuation, compliance
- Healthcare practice — dental, specialty, vet, physical therapy
- Property / real estate — brokerage ops, property management, HOA, title
- Trades — HVAC, electrical, plumbing, roofing. The $50B+ contractor market runs on clipboards.
- Financial services — RIA ops, wealth, insurance, lending
- Field service & logistics — fleet, dispatch, supply chain
- Hospitality — multi-unit, franchise, food & beverage ops
- Anywhere Excel is the dominant platform
Don't see your industry? If you see the gap, so do we.
What The Model Looks Like
Your idea is the seed. Before we build, we pressure-test it — market sizing, competitive teardowns, customer research. We take your concept and sharpen it until it's more attractive than anything already out there. Then we ship it in weeks, not the 18 months a traditional team would need.
In six weeks with a practicing attorney, we shipped a full SaaS company from empty repo to live. Product, brand, six languages, investor deck, financial model. Real users. Real payments.
He made us co-founder.
We're looking for the next two or three operators who fit it.
How It Works
- Apply — Short form + 90-second Loom. Tell us the industry, the gap, why this model.
- 20-minute call — Real conversation, not a screen.
- Scope — We scope the company together: product, go-to-market, capital structure.
- Build — We ship. You launch. Co-founding from day one.
What if it doesn't work?
If the market doesn't respond, you walk away with the IP and everything we built. We walk away with the equity reverting. No lockup, no friction.
To Apply
Go to justbadge.com/founding-ceo for full economics, partnership terms, FAQ, and the application form.
Don't Send a Resume. Send a 90-second Loom Covering
- The industry you know cold
- The broken thing in it (or your conviction, if you don't have a specific idea yet)
- Why a studio partnership beats starting alone for you
Skills: advisor,investor,operations,consultant,ceo,corporate advisory,executive,entrepreneur
