How to create a Chief of Staff, Biz Ops, or Special Projects role for yourself | Prospect Blog

In 2018, I was graduating from Stanford business school with 2 years of work experience as a VC at Khosla Ventures and wanted to join a startup. Most seed-Series B startups I talked with weren’t interested–they only needed people who could build or sell. I figured out how to become hireable and joined Rippling before its Series A in a Special Projects role by doing 2 things: This advice tends to skew toward earlier stage companies but the principles apply across all stages. After doing this exercise, you may find you’re a better fit for a different team than the established business operations team. You should lean into that if so. Some awesome companies hire for generalist business roles, but these tend to skew more growth stage and do not encompass every great company. I will save “how to make your initial list of companies” for another time, but a quick shameless plug: I started Prospect to give job seekers an independent projection of what their startup equity is likely worth. I’m

In 2018, I was graduating from Stanford business school with 2 years of work experience as a VC at Khosla Ventures and wanted to join a startup. Most seed-Series B startups I talked with weren’t interested–they only needed people who could build or sell. I figured out how to become hireable and joined Rippling before its Series A in a Special Projects role by doing 2 things: This advice tends to skew toward earlier stage companies but the principles apply across all stages. After doing this exercise, you may find you’re a better fit for a different team than the established business operations