Entrepreneur in Residence Fellowship

Gitwit; Bentonville (AR); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Gitwit is launching an AI‑first venture studio in Northwest Arkansas. We are seeking an experienced operator to join as Entrepreneur in Residence for a 6‑month fellowship.

This is designed for someone who has been close to building a company but has not yet led one from day one. You will be part of Gitwit’s new Northwest Arkansas office in Bentonville, leading customer discovery, market validation, prototype direction, early sales, and investor pitching alongside partners, engineers, and design

Job description

Lead a venture from day zero inside an AI-first venture studio

Some of the strongest entrepreneurs never get the seat that would prove it. They’ve been in the early‑stage room before as a founding product manager, a first general manager, or the third hire who ended up running half the company. They’ve shipped real things. They’ve sat across from customers and learned what nobody else in the building knew. They have an instinct for what could be a company and what shouldn’t be.

But they haven’t gotten to lead one yet. If that’s familiar, this is for you.

The Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) program is a 6‑month fellowship with Renaissance Philanthropy in partnership with Gitwit Venture Studio and part of the new Northwest Arkansas Innovation Fund from Renaissance Philanthropy. You will be part of Gitwit’s new Northwest Arkansas office. This program is designed for the operator who has already been close to the work of building a company, and is ready to step into the seat that runs it.

This is not your typical fellowship. It’s not a research role. It’s not the version of EIR where you spend six months refining your own thesis. We’re a problem‑first studio. We find the problems. You will lead the work of turning one into a real company.

You’ll learn by doing the actual job: customer discovery, market validation, prototype direction, early sales, investor pitching, the whole sprawl alongside the partners, engineers, and design partners that make the studio engine run.

From Gitwit’s Perspective

Gitwit is an AI‑first venture studio. We find problems worth solving, validate them rigorously, and build AI‑native companies from the ground up. We’re on pace to launch 15+ ventures in the next four years.

We’re opening our Northwest Arkansas office in Bentonville in Summer 2026, and as we expand the studio engine, we want to find the region’s hidden entrepreneurs. The operators we know are out there, doing impressive work as the second‑in‑command or running real things on the side, who would thrive in a CEO chair if they got the chance to step into it.