Company Description
Endeavor is the leading global community of, by, and for high-impact entrepreneurs. Endeavor inspires the world’s fastest-growing entrepreneurs to dream bigger, scale faster, and pay it forward. Founded in 1997 as a non-profit to catalyze long-term innovation around the world, Endeavor has selected over 2,500 entrepreneurs across 45 markets.
We support Endeavor Entrepreneurs with our unrivaled global network, peer-to-peer community, and demand-driven services. Endeavor focuses on growth-stage businesses and supports their transformation into lasting enterprises through curated access to world-class mentors, smart capital, global markets, and talent programs. Endeavor Colorado is a satellite office of Endeavor Global. Our purpose is to strengthen Colorado’s entrepreneurial ecosystem by supporting Colorado’s highest-impact
entrepreneurs.
Since launching Endeavor Colorado in 2019, the founders of Colorado’s most exciting scaleups – BillGO, CyberGRX, Everside Health, Havenly, JumpCloud, Plume Health, QuantumMetric, Radia, Sondermind, and soona – have been selected into the global Endeavor network.
Position Specifics
Title: Associate
Compensation: $60,000 - $70,000 + Annual Bonus
Benefits include flexible vacation policy, hybrid working environment, 401K plans with company matching, medical/vision/dental reimbursement benefits, and professional development opportunities.
Location: Boulder and Denver Metro Areas. Work in the Boulder office Monday through Thursday, with the option to work from home on Fridays.
Reports to: Managing Director
The Best Part of the Job: The Associate will have the opportunity to support the Endeavor Colorado team as the organization develops deep relationships with the leaders of Colorado’s most compelling scaleups, Colorado’s investment community, and Colorado’s most important business and public sector leaders.
The Associate will be able to have high visibility and high ownership early on in their career. You will be operating in a start-up environment, with exposure to some of the most important business entrepreneurs in Colorado.
Characteristics of Strong Candidate
Endeavor is seeking someone with an internship and/or 1 to 3 years of work experience who is passionate about entrepreneurship and venture investing, and who also believes in Endeavor’s Purpose and Values.
Responsibilities
Entrepreneur Service and Selection
- Assist the Endeavor team with all ongoing and ad hoc projects related to the servicing and support of the Endeavor Colorado Entrepreneurs.
- Assist with the sourcing, screening, and organization of leading Colorado- based entrepreneurs with high-potential growing companies.
- Manage and develop company profiles, research and perform diligence on portfolio and pipeline companies.
Team Operations
- Play a key role in supporting members of the Endeavor Colorado team in every operational aspect of the organization.
- Drive a responsible data driven approach. Working knowledge of Notion, Salesforce, Slack, G-Drive, and other digital tools.
- Assist in the development and creation of internal documents, processes, and procedures.
Event Management
- High-quality events are an essential service of Endeavor Colorado and play a key role in engaging our Stakeholders. Candidate will support all aspects of
- Event coordination, including but not limited to scheduling, logistics, operations, preparation, etc.
- Track and report local, state-wide, national, and global events to the Endeavor Colorado team and Executive Committee.
Marketing and Communications
- Support Marketing team with sourcing, organizing, and scheduling LinkedIn posts, email newsletters, and blog content.
- Schedule marketing calendars and track performance of LinkedIn, Newsletter, and website/blog content.
- Support website updates and functionality.
- Assist with content creation in Canva using Endeavor Global templates.
- Support Marketing team on all ongoing and ad hoc marketing projects and initiatives.
Skills and Abilities
Communicator: Effective communicator that can adapt to different working styles with a high level of executive presence. Strong written and verbal communication skills are imperative to this role.
Collaborator: Understand the importance of being on a team, and always put the team first.
Problem Solver: Have a “can do” mindset, eager to learn and eager to make things better. Ready and willing to jump in and solve any problem that might arise.
Organized: Highly organized and detail oriented.
Constructive: Be open to constructive feedback, always building upon past experiences to add value locally and globally.
Confident: Small ego with high confidence. Able to deal with ambiguity and rapidly changing priorities in a startup environment.
Endeavor does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.
