{"id":42856,"date":"2023-10-20T15:24:17","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/calling-all-aspiring-founders-tweaky-is-seeking-a-new-founders-apprentice-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:24:17","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:24:17","slug":"calling-all-aspiring-founders-tweaky-is-seeking-a-new-founders-apprentice-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/calling-all-aspiring-founders-tweaky-is-seeking-a-new-founders-apprentice-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"Calling all aspiring founders: Tweaky is seeking a new founder\u2019s apprentice – StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Website modifying company Tweaky is searching for its second founder\u2019s apprentice, a three to six month paid position for an entrepreneur keen for direct hands-on experience in a rapidly growing, cashflow positive company.<\/p>\n

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Ned Dwyer, co-founder and chief executive of Tweaky, told StartupSmart<\/i> they\u2019ve already had a flurry of applications.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe launched this to create an opportunity for those who want to start companies but don\u2019t have the experience yet, or haven\u2019t quite found the right idea they want to spend the next five years of their life on,\u201d Dwyer says.<\/p>\n

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This is the second time the program has been run. Last year\u2019s founder\u2019s apprentice, Ivan Lim, is still working at Tweaky.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m looking for someone who wants to prove to themselves they\u2019re capable of customer acquisition and growing a start-up,\u201d Dwyer says. \u201cIdeally they\u2019ll have some experience, but if they\u2019ve just got the raw potential that\u2019s cool too. It\u2019s pretty open.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Dwyer says he wishes the idea was around when he was starting out.<\/p>\n

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\u201cA lot of people are keen to start but have no experience in customer acquisition, product design or development and this is a great way to them to do that in a safe environment and get paid for it,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s such a different game to be playing when you\u2019ve got real customers paying real money and getting real value from you, it\u2019s unlike anything else.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Dwyer says the salary is a good, graduate level rate.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis learning will help you launch any start-up in the future,\u201d Dwyer says. \u201cWe\u2019re a fast growth company, we\u2019re well funded with great investors and it\u2019s an opportunity to work with us in Australia and the US with some top tier partners to help us grow the business.<\/p>\n

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The idea of a founder\u2019s apprentice has taken off, with project manager BugHerd and event registration company Attendly offering similar programs.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s been refreshing because when we first created it, we wanted to start new opportunities in the Melbourne scene. There are a couple of similar programs now, so it\u2019s cool to be influencing the old guard as well,\u201d Dwyer says.<\/p>\n

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Applicants need to introduce themselves via an email to Dwyer with the subject line, \u201cLet\u2019s make it rain\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Applicants are then sent a couple of questions.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe ask things like who the Tweaky target audience is, how you would reach these markets, and what\u2019s an example of a time when you took initiative without waiting for someone else\u2019s approval. I don\u2019t really care about the answers being right or wrong, it\u2019s more about the thinking process.\u201d Dwyer says, adding this is the same process which has been used to recruit and scale its team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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