1/ From good idea to start-up (3 to 4 months)

Your first mission as Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Imagination Machine: validate the market opportunity and choose a positioning.

Supported with our methodology and our operational team dedicated to user research and ideation, you will conduct many user interviews and test different value propositions.

You will also take advantage of this exploratory phase to build a vision for the structure.

At the end of a 3 to 4 months period maximum, if the market study confirms a high-potential opportunity, we create the company together, and you become a co-founder alongside us.

2/ Launch the project on the market and check scalability (3 to 4 months)

Together, we launch the “prototyping” (MVP) phase: our dedicated 0 to 1 process team (product, designer, developers, etc.) works with you in successive iterations to find THE formula that works for customers.

During this structuring phase, depending on your skills, agility and curiosity, you may have to:

• Deepen the “product market fit” with new user research

• Build pitch decks and business plans

• Play the role of product and/or developer or designer, become a sales expert, create a brand and a marketing plan,

• Identify key metrics for success and associated tools

• Create your startup’s first network of partners, suppliers and customers

• Negotiate the startup’s legal structure,…

Like all startup founders, you have multiple roles to play at the same time.

3/ Develop fast and strong to maximize impact (6 to 12 months)

As co-founder of the startup, you will be responsible for accelerating the company’s development, which may involve raising funds and/or achieving profitability in order to self-finance strong growth.

To this end, you will be responsible for recruiting the company’s first employees, managing the business and relations with your investors.

Your objective, after 12 to 18 months on a project, is to create the conditions for rapid growth, while maintaining the startup’s initial values: agility, transparency, responsibility and positive impact.

• Entrepreneur profile: engineer, design, marketing or business, you have at least 6 years’ professional experience. 

• Positive, enthusiastic, open-minded and humble, you enjoy working collaboratively.

• Previously, either you’ve a track record of successful tech or product developments, or you’ve already managed a team, or you have an experience in entrepreneurship.

• You are committed to the idea of working on a project that matches your personal values and ideals!

Contract :

• Full remote position, with regular travel in Europe.

• Freelance exploration mission, then company creation if necessary (this position is NOT a permanent contract, but a freelance mission that may lead to the creation of a company at a later date).

1/ Video interview with Margot

2/ Mini case study

3/ Interview with Emilie Abel and Rob Spiro

4/ Meeting with the Imagination Machine team

5/ Reference calls