- Brief: What are the ideal requirements for a co-founder? Moonchy is a nutritional food startup looking for a co-founder. Alex Plaza is the founder of the startup. She connected with The Rebel Company as she is urgently needed to find a partner who could cover for the position, but she was struggling to identify the right requirements. Co-creation of the job descriptions can be of help in this case.
- Challenge:
- Gaining awareness on what is missing to grow (skills, networks, funds?)
- Defining main founder’s role to set clear expectations
- Preparing to delegate
- Approach: To best define the role of the future co-founder, we first discussed essential skills, responsibilities and duties of the founder herself. During the session, we discussed the current job description through clarifying questions. Next, we prioritized essential and optional skills, as well as tasks to be completed and salary. Finally, we drew up a draft which, following some exchanges, Alex approved and started to share.
- Insight: Defining candidates’ roles, responsibilities and requirements of your co-founder job description is artisanal work: it is important to focus on the one key aspect that this person will need to take on, so that they can help the business grow with autonomy and confidence.
- Result: The result of this work not only allowed us to write a compelling job description for Moonchy’s co-founder, but it also gave the founder greater clarity on her own responsibilities and workload, going beyond the mandate of a simple review of the offer.