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Are you interested in empowering consumers to use the power of their wallet to address some of the biggest issues in the world today?
Consumers want to buy green/sustainably, but it is hard for them to know how. Ethically provides a mechanism to consider sustainability/ESG data at the point of purchase, in the form of a browser plugin. It's like Honey or RetailMeNot. Layered on top of this, Ethically provides a personalization and social layer to allow consumers to see the issues they care about and coordinate with others to effect the change they want.
For companies, we provide a SaaS tool and accompanying services to make it easy for companies to assess what they should report on and how, communicate and engage with their customers around ESG issues and find out what they care about.
We are seeking a Co-Founder / CEO for Ethically. The Co-Founder will join Platform as a Founder-in-Residence while Ethically is being developed with a view to becoming CEO of Ethically when it spins out of Platform Venture Studio.
Ethically can be thought of as a two-sided marketplace so we believe the right Co-Founder will have a strong background in one of these two sides:
- e-commerce experience - with online retailers and/or with technology companies providing SaaS/e-commerce solutions for online retailers, and/or
- experience with financial reporting tools (financial or ESG) for companies.
Matching a Co-Founder is art and science. Amongst the qualities we look for in a Co-Founder / Founder-in-Residence are: Smarts, Empathy, Self-awareness, Moral Compass, Coachability, Grit, Inventiveness, Focus, Adaptability, Communication Skills, Analytical Skills, Sense of Humor, and Leadership.
Platform commits to being the best co-founder you could have and significantly de-risking being a start-up founder by providing:
- a validated unmet need and solution - a startup foundation, with strong chances of success
- initial capital and access to our investor network
- a glide-path to success, built with specific, measurable milestones
- the Platform Guild - our network of trusted advisors and subject-matter experts who can help you whenever you need it
- a talented and flexible studio team to help build - design, engineering, research, growth hacking, etc
- shared ops/HR/G&A functions - legal, talent, finance, etc - so you can focus on what matters
- coaching all along the way