Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR)

ABOUT VARIANCE VENTURESVariance Ventures is a venture studio. We don't write checks and wait — we build companies from the inside, supplying capital, operating infrastructure, and a founding team so that operators can spend their time on the product instead of the scaffolding.ABOUT THE ROLEWe're looking for an Entrepreneur in Residence to build the next company out of the studio.You'll join Variance to develop, validate, and launch a new venture, with our capital, tooling, operating support, and network behind you — and real ownership of what you build.The first 90 days are for exploration: pressure-test theses, talk to customers, build something real, and kill what doesn't hold up. From there, we commit resources to the concept that's working and you lead it as founder and CEO. Equity, salary, and structure are set at the point of commitment.We're looking for someone who already has conviction about a market. If you need us to hand you the idea, this isn't the role.WHAT YOU'LL DODevelop and stress-test venture concepts against clear thesesRun customer discovery and validate demand before writing much codeBuild prototypes fast — you should be dangerous in at least one of code, design, or go-to-marketKill your own ideas when the evidence says to, and start againMake the investment case internally for the concept that earns itRecruit and lead the founding team once we commitREQUIRED QUALIFICATIONSYou've founded a company or led a 0-to-1 product from blank page to paying customersDemonstrated ability to build and ship with a very small team, or aloneFluency with AI tooling in a real production context, not as a talking pointA defensible point of view on a market you want to attackComfort with ambiguity, short runways, and public failurePREFERRED QUALIFICATIONSPrior exits, EIR roles, or venture studio experienceDeep domain expertise in a specific industryTrack record raising outside capitalSomething you've already been quietly working onCOMPENSATION AND STRUCTUREExploration phase: $80,000–$100,000 annualizedAt commitment: base steps up and you take significant founder-level equity in the company that spins outBudget for prototyping, contractors, and toolingFully remote within the US, with periodic team gatheringsHOW TO APPLYApply through LinkedIn or email eli@variance.vc with your resume and a short pitch — two paragraphs, no deck — for the company you'd build with us and why now.