Founder In Residence: Human Performance | Climate | IOT | AI

TL;DR

Conduit Venture Labs is now opening our Q2 2024 Founders in Residence Cohort for Entrepreneurs looking to tackle high-impact, real-world, human health and planetary/climate opportunities! Our mission is to create disruptive businesses that are advancing the overall health and performance of our planet and those who call it home.

We are searching for the a highly motivated, extremely passionate leader to co-create the next Conduit company as the Co-Founder CEO…. if this is you… keep reading…

Conduit Venture Labs is a Venture Studio

We focus on opportunities now, that enable us to adapt to and catalyze a healthier and more sustainable future, with an emphasis on physical-tech (hardware powering intelligent software platforms). We know it takes a village to support and surround any successful startup. This is even more critical when it comes to complexities and challenges that face hardware infused technologies. In response to the notable hurdles of creating things that are physical, we have assembled over 150 hardware operators and mentors, infused our studio with a full suite of hardware design and development talent, and have created an industry first hardware-de-risk playbook that activates our strategic access to the world's most notable manufacturing partners and supply chain networks. We do this in order to fully support and surround our founders and our companies with the experience and wisdom required to accelerate the growth of any physical-tech venture.

Founders in Residence at Conduit have a strong sense of purpose, are curious beyond reason and thrive on inspiring talent through shared vision and purpose. **Founders will lead through the 3 phases: ideation, validation, and execution.

Opportunity Domain/s:

Climate x IoT x Computer Vision x AI

We are dedicated to a pursuit of a net-zero future where we are exploring how we might accelerate efficiencies in business operations, waste management, compliance, and regulation. We believe that this domain presents a unique opportunity to drive impactful change by addressing pressing climate issues while guiding businesses towards more sustainable and efficient practices.

Human Health & Performance x Sensors x AI

Advances in technology over the past two decades have enabled us to extend the idea of human health to encompass both living longer and living well. We are looking to explore challenges in the verticals of longevity, women’s health and wellness, human performance and physical space that impact an individual’s reactive, preventative and predictive state.

People Would Describe You As:

• Purposeful: Despite the headwinds, you have a strong sense of purpose and motivation rooted in deep personal experience*.*
• Leader: You thrive on inspiring talented individuals through ambiguity. You reach your vision through your unique leadership style.
• Storyteller: You are both compelling and convincing. You leverage this skill in all aspects of your business.
• Market Advantaged: You possess a deep knowledge of and network in the markets that you are interested in pursuing.
• Having an Entrepreneurial Mindset: Curiosity is part of your daily practice in exercising a beginner’s mindset. Your ability to act despite uncertainty is a core strength.

The People We Like To Co-found Companies With Are:

• Coachable: You not only take feedback well, but you are intentional and proactive in seeking it out from a diverse network of trusted advisors. You are willing to be wrong and change your mind in the presence of new information.
• Competitive: You delight in breaking the mold, are motivated to be the best and have figured out how to persevere through significant hardship in the past which has fortified your mental toughness and empathy. Mediocrity isn’t an option.
• Business Acumen and Tech Experts: You will utilize your understanding of different business models and in which situations they would be advantageous and pair this with your knowledge of how technology will work to solve the problem; You can direct and lead a technical team.
• Product Visionaries: You possess an ability to inspire others (employees, partners and funders) through articulating your vision; one that shows deep care for the problem you are solving and the customers you’re solving it for.
• Team Builders: You have a strong network of talented individuals to tap into. Beyond that, you know how to identify, evaluate, hire, retain and drive a high-performing team.
• Hands-On: You are the driving force behind ideas, research and development. You lead by example and are an active participant in all phases from ideation, scaling and execution.
• Fundable: You have experience pitching in a manner that exudes confidence and self-awareness while always maintaining professionalism.
• Resourceful: When faced with a challenge you meet it with resourcefulness. You are creative when it comes to problem solving and have the natural ability to identify and learn a new skill or tool to give you leverage.
• Risk Inclined: You have the type of intelligence to come up with solutions to problems that are just the right amount absurd.

What Conduit Provides:

• Access to founders, partners, mentors and capital. Conduit is hyper-focused on ensuring success by proximity to expertise.
• Expertise from our Conduit Fellows Network
• Unlimited support from an extended Conduit platform team (design, product, engineering, marketing, recruiting, IT, legal, HR, and more) to help reduce the time it takes to get from ideation to execution
• Coaching from the Conduit Team and Integrated Studio
• Access to our Conduit Venture Playbook to validate your business at speed