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Co-founder

Not a volunteer role. A second pair of hands on the steering wheel.

The situation

Progense has a working product — Laravel + Next.js, real-time, billing architecture in place — and a solo founder who also holds a full-time engineering leadership job. What it doesn't have is a second owner: someone who treats the roadmap, the launch, and the first hundred customers as theirs.

What you'd own

That depends on who you are. The strongest fits are someone commercial (go-to-market, agency relationships, sales) or someone deeply product/technical who can carry weight the founder can't. You'd shape strategy, not execute tickets.

What's on the table

Meaningful equity — discussed openly and specifically in our first real conversation, formalized with standard vesting (4 years, 1-year cliff) before anything else. Plus everything on the baseline list: credit, access, first-paid-role priority. What's not on the table: a salary today, or equity without commitment.

You’re probably right for this if

You've watched agencies (or worked inside one) lose money to scope creep and “I thought you knew” moments, and the problem annoys you personally. You can commit consistently, communicate in writing, and you'd rather own a slice of something early than consult on something safe.

Every role also includes

  • A defined season, not an open tab on your life: 5–8 hours a week for 3 months, then we both re-evaluate honestly.
  • Your name on what ships — public credit on the site and launch material, plus a detailed LinkedIn recommendation from the founder (a VP of Front-End Engineering by day).
  • Lifetime access to Progense's top tier for you or your own projects, from launch day.
  • First right to a paid role: when revenue or funding arrives, the people who built this are hired first, at market rate, with their volunteer months counted.

Apply

No CV gymnastics — a few honest sentences is plenty. We read every one.

Applying for: Co-founder

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  • This is an application, not an offer. Submitting doesn't guarantee a role, a response timeline, or any obligation on Progense beyond reviewing your application in good faith.
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