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Alloy Growth Lab (formerly HCDC Business Center)

This is your opportunity to be an integral part of the new Alloy Growth Lab (formerly HCDC Business Center). You will be a mix-master, alchemist, and agent of impact that creates positive collisions for our member startups by leveraging your skills and knowledge around capital, customers, and community connections. You will be part of a Top 10 incubator that prides itself on delivering for our member startups that have generated over $100m in capital since 2016 and $140m in exits since 2010, and is a foundational component of the StartupCincy entrepreneurial ecosystem. Candidate must reside in the Cincinnati/Dayton metro area. The position is 60/40 - 60% onsite, 40% remote if necessary. Interested candidates can send resume to resumes@hcdc.com.

Here is what you will be focused on and what we are looking for:

Venture Building

• Navigating startups through the investment/funding landscape, including venture and non-dilutive sources;
• Connecting them to fellow entrepreneurs, potential customers, and regional talent;
• Developing and managing a strong growth strategy;
• Gaining traction with the right product and market;
• Willing to identify, empathize, and attack problems from a different angle, then propose solutions that will add value;
• Ability to assist startups across the venture readiness spectrum, particularly as it relates to team, problem/vision, value prop, product, market, business model, scale, and exit.

Outreach

• Serve as a connector that leverages partnerships and collaborative opportunities (industry, government, university), especially throughout the StartupCincy ecosystem, but also with the ability to reach outside of the Cincinnati ecosystem;
• Hunting, scouting, and herding mentality, particularly with an eye and instinct for companies that have the potential for capital infusion;
• Carry the torch for the Alloy Growth Lab and be a passionate advocate not only for us, but for the startup community in general;

Programming

• Execute on existing Alloy Growth Lab programs including The Huddle, Peer-to-Peer programming, Morning Mentoring, The Mighty Network and others;
• Execute on programming with StartupCincy partners including SustainableCincy, StartupCincy Week and other collaborative opportunities;
• Ideation and implementation of new programs to grow the Alloy Growth Lab.

Tangibles

• Familiarity with business modeling, specifically the Business Model Canvas methodology;
• Constructing pitch-deck presentations and how to work with investors;
• Broad array of business experience, especially working with smaller businesses;
• Knowledge of tech-tools to spur efficiency and to share with our clients.

Intangibles

• Curious, willing to ask questions about the status quo;
• Growth mindset, ideating about the next big growth opportunity at the Lab;
• Thoughtful, get it done attitude with fresh, innovative ideas;
• Collaborative, partnering, team mindset
• Passion for the startup community and growing companies from the ground-up

Job Type: Full-time Exempt

Salary Range: $75,000 - $85,000 (DOQ)

Benefits:

• Health/Dental/Vision
• HSA employer contribution of $1500 per year
• 401(k) with 4% employer match
• Additional annual contribution to 401(k) depending on organizational results
• Life Insurance of 2x annual salary, max=$200k (employer paid)
• Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance (employer paid)
• 18 Vacation Days accrued annually to start (increases with tenure)
• 6 Sick Days accrued annually
• 9 Paid Holidays
• Remote hybrid work option