Entrepreneur in Residence

Oneday; United States; Remote; USD 55,000 - 110,000; Part time

Job summary

Oneday is an education platform that delivers an MBA and a BS in Entrepreneurship in partnership with William Jewell College. Our students are each paired one-to-one with a mentor who has already built what they're trying to build.

As an Entrepreneur in Residence, you will mentor a portfolio of ambitious early-stage founders one-to-one. Through structured 1:1 calls, you will help them validate ideas, build their first product, win their first customers, grow revenue in the way that fits their

Qualifications

• Mentor experienced founders to help them validate ideas and scale early-stage ventures.
• Strong understanding of startup growth, monetization, and customer acquisition.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct, experience-led advice on launching and scaling a business across product, growth, hiring, revenue, and operations.
• Hold founders accountable to commitments and outcomes with candor and practicality.
• Review and feedback on assignments tied to milestones in the founders' journey.
• Leverage your network for warm introductions, hiring leads, and customer conversations as appropriate.

Skills

Mentoring

Entrepreneurship

Startup growth

Networking

Job description

Mentor 5-10 early-stage founders, 1:1 mentorship, minimum 10 hours a week.

Oneday is an education platform that delivers an MBA and a BS in Entrepreneurship in partnership with William Jewell College. Our students are each paired one-to-one with a mentor who has already built what they're trying to build.

The engagement

• Paid, structured contractor role
• Minimum 10 hours a week, no upper limit
• 5-20 mentees, with one 30-minute call per founder each week
• Fully remote, with calls scheduled during US time zones
• Onboarding and ongoing support so you're set up to mentor well from day one

The Role

As an Entrepreneur in Residence, you will mentor a portfolio of ambitious early-stage founders

one-to-one. Through structured 1:1 calls, you will help them validate ideas, build their first product, win their first customers, grow revenue in the way that fits their business, and scale something that lasts.

This is not a side-of-desk advisory role. It is a serious commitment to supporting the next generation of founders — drawing on what you have already built, and giving it back at the moment it matters most in their journey.

What You'll Do

• Give direct, experience-led advice on launching and scaling a business in your sector — from idea validation to product, growth, hiring, revenue, and operations.
• Hold founders accountable to commitments and outcomes, with the candour they'll struggle to find anywhere else.
• Review and feed back on practical assignments tied to milestones in their company-building journey.
• Bring your network when it matters — warm intros, hiring leads, customer conversations — at your discretion.

The Community You’ll Join

Our mentor community is made up of founders who have built meaningful, revenue-generating

businesses — whether that route ran through venture capital, bootstrapping, or something in

between. What unites this group isn't how the capital was raised; it's that they built something real and know what it actually takes. You will join a peer group of accomplished entrepreneurs across sectors with regular opportunities to collaborate, exchange playbooks, and access early dealflow from the founders we work with.

Who We're Looking For

• Founder of one or more businesses that have reached significant scale — we typically look
• for seven- and eight-figure revenue and up, built through fundraising, bootstrapping, or a mix of both.
• Deep tactical expertise in identifying and validating ideas, building product, and driving early growth — in any sector, not just tech.
• A serious commitment to lean, outcome-focused company-building — not theory.
• Outstanding judgement and people skills. The best mentors are direct, generous, and patient with the realities of early-stage building.
• Prior mentoring, advisory, or angel-investing experience is a strong signal
• Lived experience navigating barriers to building a business — whether that's limited access to capital, networks, or opportunity — is a real asset here, not a gap. Founders who've had to build differently often have the sharpest instincts for the founders we work with.

Why Join Oneday

• Mentor founders at the moment your guidance has the most leverage — early enough to
• shape the business.
• Be part of a serious, peer-level community of accomplished operators and builders, across
• sectors and paths to scale.
• Highly-rewarded work that flexes around your existing ventures.