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[Headline –– e.g.

Pillar VC is Hiring a Principal Investor

[Subheadline –– e.g. As an investor on our team, you’ll help us support unstoppable
founders building the next-generation of big, enduring, pillar companies in Boston.

[Description of the Opportunity –– e.g. When you join Pillar as our new Principal, you’ll help
us connect with first-time founders and serial entrepreneurs building the next generation of pillar
companies in Boston. Whether you’re passionate about synthetic biology, enterprise SaaS,
consumer, blockchain, FinTech or another emerging space, you’ll bring a fresh perspective,
sharing your ideas and expertise with our team and our portfolio companies. This is a full-time
role in our Boston office beginning in 2020.]

[Who We Are]
Description of your company, including who your customer is, the pain they have, your solution,
and your mission, vision and values.

Pillar makes seed-stage investments in founders building the next-generation of big, enduring,
pillar companies in Boston. We’re proud investors in companies like PillPack, Desktop Metal,
Algorand, Hometap, Kuebix, Asimov, and Soofa.

We started Pillar with the belief that there has to be a better way for founders and investors to
align. We began with a simple hypothesis — that if we treat founders the way we would want to
be treated, that good things will happen. That if we align every incentive, every action and
decision to realize mutual benefit, we will engender trust, and from that, achieve profound
results. It’s that simple.

Our firm was co-founded by Jamie Goldstein, who spent 18 years at North Bridge Venture
Partners, and 17 world-class CEOs and executives from top Boston companies like Wayfair,
TripAdvisor, DraftKings and Rapid7. All are investors in our firm, but are also owners, bringing
their insight and experience to our portfolio companies as advisors, mentors, board members
and customers. Jamie is joined by Russ Wilcox (E Ink, Transatomic Power, Piper Therapeutics)
and Sarah Hodges (Pluralsight, RunKeeper, Intelligent.ly) in managing the fund, and by team
members, Parker McKee and Katie Mulligan. Collectively, we have over 50 years’ experience
building and scaling companies.

[Who You Are]

Bullets that describe the skills of the person you need on your team. Think carefully about which
hard and soft skills will make this person successful, based on their role and responsibility. A lot
will change in your early days, so in addition to the other key skills you’re seeking, you need
team members who are agile and able to adapt.

● You’re relentlessly curious. Your favorite word is “Why?” You aren’t intimidated by
tough topics that others are shy to tackle. You’re a sponge for information, and are
constantly exploring new industries, ideas, technologies and tools. You seek out experts,
surround yourself with books and articles, and learn from founders as you come up to
speed on a new space.

● You have a great read on people. You’re able to tap into real customer pain and
understand new market opportunities, but you’re even better at identifying promising
founders and senior leaders who have the capacity to blow through walls and create
momentum, sweeping people into their mission along the way.

● You have a diverse and complementary network. Each person on our team brings a
unique set of relationships to our firm and our portfolio; together we’re stronger than we
could ever be alone. You have a complementary network that helps us access, connect
with and learn from an interesting new group of people.

● You’re a connector. You enjoy meeting new people and building a community, but more
importantly, like to connect the dots, putting people together who mutually benefit from
shared skills, ideas, and perspectives.

● You have “T” skills––depth and breadth. You have depth, perhaps in area in which
you’ve helped to build a company as a product leader or former founder, or maybe
because you’ve spent time as an investor digging into a space about which you’re
passionate. You also have breadth; you thrive on learning about emerging technologies,
and can easily come up to speed on new concepts.
● You advocate for founders. You have empathy for entrepreneurs, perhaps because
you’ve spent time building companies yourself.

● You have several years of experience. You have spent some time building companies
or investing (or both!).

[Your Responsibilities]
Describe what this person will have ownership of and be expected to deliver during the first 12
months. As an early-stage startup, you won’t realistically have a line of sight to how the
responsibilities will specifically evolve beyond the first year.

● Source and evaluate new investment opportunities, leveraging your network and Pillar’s
relationships to connect with founders bringing innovative new ideas to life. Support the
investing team in reviewing deals, doing diligence, making investments and monitoring
the portfolio.

● Research new people, technologies and applications related to your own areas of
interest, sharing what you learn with our team and our portfolio.

● Build relationships with CEOs and senior leaders across Boston, connecting our
founders with access to strategic advisors, mentors, from your network and the Pillar
community.
● Manage data collection and reporting for a selection of investments in Pillar’s portfolio
with which you are involved.

[How to Apply]