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The guide to getting a job with cold email
How to get interviews with startups
Aug 3, 2025 • Ben Lang
Hockeystack sales role, Genspark $1b ARR goal, stealth VC incubation
early startups hiring, co-founder searches, roles at breakout startups
Feb 17 • Ben Lang
2026 Tech Private Markets Analysis
And how you can use private markets to inform your career
Feb 15 • Ben Lang
Meet the startup building the operating system for America’s best grocery stores
Vori is building software for one of the most underserved industries on earth: grocery stores.
Feb 12
first engineer at Doordash, Stripe product team, founding operations lead
early startups hiring, co-founder searches, roles at breakout startups
Feb 10 • Ben Lang
How Charley Ma became an early business hire at three unicorns (Plaid, Ramp, and Alloy)
Plus five startups he thinks you should join
Feb 9
Breaking into startups: three practical examples
Useful examples to help you land a job
Feb 8
The Definitive Guide to Forward Deployed Engineering
And why it's becoming one of the most popular roles at AI companies
Feb 5 • Vinoo Ganesh
Employee #7 at Venmo, chief of staff role at Checkout, first HR person at Cartesia
early startups hiring, co-founder searches, roles at breakout startups
Feb 3 • Ben Lang
The 50 Consumer AI Startups to join now, according to Forerunner
Curated by Forerunner founder, Kirsten Green
Feb 2 • Kirsten Green
Actually useful ways to use AI to help you land a job at a startup
Useful advice of what to avoid and what to focus on
Feb 1
Meet the startup redefining how the West fights wars
A spotlight on CX2
Jan 29
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