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Help Korean founderswin in the US.

Outsome is a small team in Songdo, Seoul and San Francisco. We run Founder Sprint, US Track and the US Healthcare Track, and we invest in founders from our own revenue, not from LPs. Everyone here runs programs, sells them and learns to judge founders like an investor.

Why Outsome

What you get here.

You run it end to end.

After probation you own the programs you run, from planning and sales to delivery.

You learn to invest.

Everyone is trained in how Outsome picks founders and sees real investment decisions up close. The goal is that each person grows into a partner with their own thesis, and later their own program.

You work with the best.

YC founders, Silicon Valley investors, hospitals and government agencies. You meet them in person, pitch to them and build programs with them.

How we operate

Five things to know before you apply.

  1. Results, not effort.

    We set goals as numbers and review against them: teams that signed and paid, revenue from the programs you ran, renewals, NPS. Pay follows the same numbers, so two people with the same title can earn different amounts. Seniority and hours are not on the list.

    We do not write rules that tell you how little is enough. We set the bar high and hire people who enjoy that. Outsome is a team, not a family: each seat goes to the person who does it best.

    At the end of probation, and at every review after it, we ask one question: if this person wanted to leave, would we fight to keep them?

  2. Zero to One.

    We hire people who have taken something from an idea to delivery to a result, themselves: planned it, sold it, ran it and answered for the number at the end. Managing one slice of someone else's project is not the experience we are looking for.

    Each program here has one person who makes the final call and owns the result. After probation, that person is you, and your name is on it. You plan, sell, run and report whatever you own. "That is someone else's problem" is not an answer here.

    The scope you decide on grows as your results build trust.

  3. We work like seed.

    We work the way a startup works. A small team does a lot of work here, so the workload is heavy. We would rather say so here than in your first month. Founder Sprint runs four times a year. Our US programs run twice a year. The team publishes four to five pieces of content every day. Expect long days when a program is running.

    People ask whether we work long, hard or smart. Here it is all three. But we do not count your hours. We count results.

    Please do not apply if you are not excited about:

    • Six programs a year.
    • Four to five pieces of content, every day.
    • Being reviewed by numbers.

    If that does not sound like you, you will do better somewhere else. We do not say it to be harsh. It is just true.

  4. We encourage you to write under your own name.

    Founders find Outsome through what we publish. So after you join, we encourage you to write and run channels under your own name.

    If you already have followers in venture or in one specific field, even better. List the channels you run in the LinkedIn and portfolio fields of the application.

  5. We do not recommend side jobs early on.

    Outsome is trying new things inside the accelerator and VC model: content, institutional sales and more. There is a lot to learn and a lot to do when you first join.

    That is why, in your early period after joining, we recommend against taking on a side job.

Open roles

Who we are looking for.

Program Manager, B2G

Songdo and SeoulHybridFull-time after probation

Run the global programs we operate for public agencies, such as the Silicon Valley bootcamp we run with DHP for Seoul Bio Hub, and turn them into real results for the companies in them.

Role details

What you will do

  • Run the selection and evaluation of participating companies.
  • Schedule mentoring, workshops and demo days, and coordinate the US part of each program.
  • Track KPIs such as PoC, revenue and funding, and write the reports agencies need.
  • Manage program budgets, settlement documents and RFP responses.
  • Be the day-to-day contact for agency PMs, and handle renewals.

Who fits

  • You have run government startup programs or R&D projects.
  • You can show one thing you took from idea to result yourself, with the number.
  • You have worked with KISED, KOTRA, technoparks, SBA or similar agencies.
  • You are careful, you follow through and you keep schedules.
  • You read and write English. Founders in global programs need it.
Apply for this role

Program Manager, Founder Programs

Songdo and SeoulHybrid3-month project, then full-time

Run Founder Sprint and US Track for the founders who pay for them, from onboarding to the last week, so every team leaves with real progress.

Role details

What you will do

  • Onboard founders and run weekly assignments and office hours.
  • Write each team's weekly progress summary and track NPS.
  • Run the Slack community, fireside chats and alumni events.
  • Track billing, contracts and renewals.
  • Bring YC founders, investors and distribution experts in as program partners.

Who fits

  • You have run or joined an accelerator or VC program, such as YC, 500, Techstars or Antler.
  • You were a founder, or worked closely with one.
  • You can show one thing you took from idea to result yourself, with the number.
  • You are at ease with founders and mentors, in Korean and in English.
  • You use Notion, Google Sheets and Slack well.
Apply for this role

Program Intern

Songdo and SeoulHybrid3-month internship

Learn how an accelerator runs by doing it: research, founder interviews, sessions and the numbers behind them.

Role details

What you will do

  • Research startups and markets.
  • Interview founders.
  • Help run Founder Sprint and partner program sessions.
  • Keep KPIs, Notion and our sheets up to date.

Who fits

  • You are curious about startups and want to learn fast by doing.
  • After three months, a full-time role or a longer contract, depending on results.
Apply for this role

How we work

A week at Outsome.

Mon and Wed

Together in Songdo. Monday starts with the weekly meeting: what we must get done this week, and a check on last week.

Songdo
Thursday

Together in Seoul, mostly for outside meetings, then a short review.

Seoul
Tue and Fri

Remote. Share your to-do list for the day with the team before 10:00.

Remote
US trips

Up to three a year, two weeks each. You get 2.5 days off after each trip. From your second year you can also add a few days of leave right after.

Bay Area
Weekends

Almost all programs and events run on weekdays. When a weekend event cannot be avoided, we tell you well ahead.

Off
Messages

We try not to message outside 9:00 to 17:00. But founders' problems and good deals do not keep office hours, so we stay reachable.

9:00 to 17:00

To be honest: we do not promise work-life balance yet. Nobody counts your hours. We count whether we delivered what we promised each other.

Process

How we hire.

  1. Send your resumeOne form for every role: your resume, a short self-intro video on YouTube and three short answers.
  2. Coffee chatA conversation about what you want to work on and where you want to grow.
  3. InterviewA practical conversation and a short project or case exercise.
  4. Three months togetherProbation to check fit both ways, then a full-time offer.

Where this goes

What a full-stack partner can do.

Invest

Your own thesis: the sectors, founder types and stages you know best. How you would deploy 10 billion won. How you tell whether an early team is really executing.

Mentor

Answer what founders actually ask: how to sell B2B, why retention is dropping, how to hire a PM, what to do after a fight with a co-founder, what an investor's question really means.

Connect

Know which US early-stage investors and which Korean later-stage investors fit a team, and introduce them.

Build

Writing, events for founders, new programs, tools founders use every day, and a public voice of your own.

FAQ

What people ask before joining.

Am I replaceable?

We hire people we want to work with for twenty years, not six months. Everyone learns how Outsome invests, so each person can grow into a partner. Everything we do is written down and shared, the way YC does it.

What will I have after six months?

You will be able to answer what founders ask before they go to the US. You will have written about investing and startups under your own name. And you will have sent proposals to agencies such as Seoul Bio Hub and SBA, and run the programs you won. B2C, B2B and B2G, in one job.

What is it like to work with Peter?

Founders should be able to look up to us, so during probation Peter's feedback is intense and specific. After probation, that stops. People who worked with him longest say the specific feedback helped them most. Results come with more authority.

What is Outsome, in the end?

An accelerator that invests. We do not raise from LPs. We invest from our own revenue. We make media and we teach founders, the way YC does.

Not sure which role fits?

Apply anyway and choose "Not sure yet" in the form. Tell us what you want to work on.

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