Founding CEO / Operator Partner

Who We're Looking For

• A senior operator — VP, GM, president, MD.
• An investor — PE, VC, family office.
• A consultant — recommended the same fix 50 times.
• Tired of nobody building it.
• An exited founder — post-earnout, ready for the next one without rebuilding the tech from scratch.
• A franchise or multi-unit operator — built portfolios of physical businesses; never had a software lever.
• An industry analyst or podcaster — audience, thesis, and capital. No product.

What We Bring

• Market research, competitive analysis, demand validation.
• Sharpens ideas into a product more attractive than anything in the market.
• Builds the product, brand, go-to-market, investor materials, financial modeling.
• Competitive teardowns that find gaps and the winning angle.
• Technical co-founding team, not a vendor.
• Ship the company from validated idea to live users while you focus on the business.

How It Works

Apply — Short form + 90-second Loom. Tell us the industry, the gap, why this model.

20-minute call — Real conversation, not a screen.

Scope — We scope the company together: product, go-to-market, capital structure.

Build — We ship. You launch. Co-founding from day one.

To Apply Go to justbadge.com/founding-ceo for full economics, partnership terms, FAQ, and the application form.

Submit a 90-second Loom Answering Three Questions:

• What industry do you know cold?
• What's broken in it?
• Why this model instead of starting alone?