Modeled career paths · Cross-functional roles

Where does a Founder go next?

What employers are asking a Founder for, what they pay, and where people go next. From live postings and Startline’s modeled career map: what the ads say, never estimated.

Either side of this move: what founders did before founding · where they landed after it →

Entrepreneurial possibility
Executive Director-1% typical comp change · ~4.0y typical
24% of modeled moves out of Founder go here
return from founding71% of modeled exits move upward from there
VP Operations+68% typical comp change · ~4.0y typical
24% of modeled moves out of Founder go here
return from founding100% of modeled exits move upward from there
Principal, Private Equity+122% typical comp change · ~4.0y typical
24% of modeled moves out of Founder go here
return from founding84% of modeled exits move upward from there

What this page cannot know is which of these fit you. That is what the free list is for.