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Senior Associate, Venture Architect
Why this is a great job
Do you wish you were there when it all started? And by all, I mean the birth of a great company. In this role, you’ll be coming up with, diligencing, and launching new companies all the time. Just don’t go calling yourself The Creator…
The nitty gritty
About Create:
A venture studio backed by 20 of New York City’s most successful founders (GLG, Cadre, SLT, Moat, Crunch, and more), Create rigorously ideates, tests, refines, and launches new businesses.
Role: Reporting directly to our Managing Partner, the Senior Associate, Venture Architect will conduct research on prospective new business ideas, industries, and markets, and support the launch of NewCos founded by Create.
Responsibilities:
Conduct rigorous diligence to evaluate NewCo concepts, e.g., business models, products, markets, risks, and other considerations for NewCos
Lead process for prioritizing and moving NewCo concepts forward
Lead qualitative and quantitative research to gain insight on industries, trends, disrupters, and new market opportunities for NewCos
Work with members and industry experts to develop and refine Newco concepts
Work with product team on MVP development, user testing, surveys, and product launch
Conduct analysis, financial modeling, market research, competitive intelligence, and other tasks required to launch NewCos; inform strategic and operational decisions, and drive early growth with research
Develop business reports and create business model recommendations for Newco concepts
Refine process and criteria for advancing NewCos from ideation phase to research, testing, validation and launch; this includes the development of KPIs
Support in the ideation and exploration of potential anchor partners for Newco concepts
Gather and analyze data from diverse sources and share synthesized findings with Create team
Prepare business updates and present to the Create team and members as needed
Assist the Create leadership team with related projects and initiatives
About you:
Comfort with business diligence, business analysis and business plan development
Concise and effective verbal and written communicator
Analytical and conceptual problem solver
Interested in building early stage businesses
2+ years of experience in investment banking, management consulting, venture or market research
Values-driven
Intellectually curious
Self-starter
Organized and detail-oriented
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