Micro-businesses are at the core of the European Economy, employing around 50 million people, and accounting for over 20% of Europe's GDP.
Micro enterprises suffer from systemic weaknesses placing them at an unfair disadvantage when competing with more highly organized players. The most common problems are high fragmentation, weak bargaining power, and a reduced ability to make investments. In addition, they are characterized by poor managerial and entrepreneurial skills and a lack of knowledge and tools necessary for digital transformation.
We believe that the best way to unlock this potential is to:
The Mamazen Startup Studio builds startups that revolutionize customer experiences and the running of poorly digitised micro and small businesses. Our startups offer high-touch services right at the fingertips of customers. We create plug-and-play solutions that simplify processes, improve customer experience, and create cross-cutting tools for digital transformation. The goal is to reduce inefficiencies and enable micro-businesses to attract, manage, and retain customers, freeing up business owners to focus on their specific profession.
We are actively searching for curious, brave individuals with at least 5+ years of experience in challenging entrepreneurial, Founder, or CXO roles. Together, we can find and fund a brighter future with fewer carps and more dragons.
Are you willing to commit 5 years of your life to change the world? You are in the right place!
While there is no magic formula that defines the perfect Founder, certain ingredients are crucial for our Startup Studio so you must fall into one of this categories:
Hey, have you ever wondered what makes a successful founder?
A successful founder needs to be able to energise and build morale around different stakeholders like employees, customers, and investors. This means you need to be a source of energy!
You need sales skills and you got to be adaptable. Markets change, technologies change, and what was great yesterday might not be so great today.
A must is to be an innovative thinker not someone who's just copying others or coming up with ideas that are a day late and a dollar short. Be intellectually honest: be the one who calls a spade a spade and don't try to fool others.
You got to be a clear thinker, someone that can get from point A to point B with simplicity. Own you failures, don’t blame others.Someone who owns their failures also has the invaluable capacity to learn and improve.
You got to see potential in others, because a founder's job is to motivate everyone. Surround yourself with a great team with diversity in strengths and weaknesses.
And last but not least, You need to have a strong sense of economics, in terms of value exchange and creating win-win situations.
Founders of startups know how hard it is to get things done. You'll work hands-on and full time alongside our team during the MVP, testing and prototyping, design, validation, and scaling phases of our next venture. We are not looking for a manager!
From the very beginning, you will be part of a startup journey with our startup building experts, evolving your skills and contributing to the creation of a new startup.
What it means?
Are you ready to be a founder? Are you Sure? Here you will find a shortlist of the jobs startup founders so all at the same time:
This is the right path for you if you find it fun, but if you find it overwhelming, you should steer clear.
Every successful startup we create begins with an internally generated and validated idea. Why? Because we want to see Founders ride on the saddles of projects that are guaranteed to soar. In a pre-validated startup, revenue is already being generated and an MVP has already been developed.
Every startup gets an initial 100K€ investment from our investment firm. This initial money to pay all the company expenses for the first 6 months (this means founders salary, covering cost and overheads and the marketing budget).
Co-founders receive 70% of equity in the company (usually we prefer two co-founders).
Are you celebrating? You are the right person. Are you wondering how to pay everything since you were thinking about paying yourself 3K€ a month. You might be lost! Exit here.
From the moment you join our dream team of front-runners in the marketing, sales, product, finance, press, and legal departments to name a few. You’ll be also introduced to our network of experts so you can benefit from their experience so you can build your venture quickly.
Aside from obtaining liquidity for all operational costs and salaries, we can follow up on our initial investment up to €700K if the startup gains the appropriate traction. We will define milestones and KPI at the very beginning so their will be no surprises.
1. Explore the Market
Our dedicated team will start identifying unmet market needs, aligning and perfecting the business idea during the thesis development phase of the process.
2. Opportunity Identification
We’ll define the market, refine the product or service offering, and create a real, actionable plan to bring the idea to life.
3. Validation of Keys Assumptions
By testing, proving, and tailoring our business plan and approach, we’ll make sure we understand exactly what works and what we shouldn’t be wasting our time on.
4. MVP Development
We help you build a prototype of the new product. By testing whether the proposal meets our newly discovered opportunities, we will secure the MVP with confidence.
5. Early Growth
Now that our start-up is firmly rooted, we need to make it grow. Here, we’ll tap into a network of professional connects, adjust and realign any potential issues, and do what it takes to make the start-up a resounding success.
6. Seed round
Our goal is to take every start-up we create right to the first seed round and make it independent from the Studio. This is the last step of the internal start-up process, and we treat it as such!
From day one, you’ll have full access to ideation, research, validation, product development, legal, coaching and more from Mamazen studio team.
At the foundation the Equity split will be the share capital of the LTD Company (Società responsabilità limitata) will be 10.000€
Founders get their shares upfront but there is a 5 years lockup . It works like this:
All founders shares are up front. However, the shares are subject to a repurchase if you leave the company during an initial period, in our case a 5 years lockup is required (it can be shortened if the company reach certain milestones).
The right to repurchase diminishes as time passes and we have two cases:
Once you are onboarded, we’ll work together to turn the idea into an infinitely successful startup.
We will work together, cheek to cheek, for a 6 months length, reaching milestones, talking to customers, doing everything that is needed to get results. We are not looking for managers but for people ready to get their hands dirty.
The day-to-day life of one of our founders can be very hectic and unpredictable. There are many tasks that need to be completed on a daily basis. As a founder you have to wear many different hats in order to keep the company moving forward. Some common tasks you might work on include:
Business development: In the early stages of a startup, talking with customers, making the product work is the main focus. You will spend a lot of time talking with customers, improving the product and testing new ideas.
Marketing and sales: You will also spend a lot of time working on marketing and sales efforts, such as creating content, and reaching out to potential customers, getting their feedback
Fundraising: You will spend a lot of time working on fundraising efforts, such as preparing pitches, networking with investors, crafting business plans and negotiating terms.
Operations and logistics: You will also be responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the company, such as managing finances, hiring and managing employees, and handling legal and compliance issues.
Overall, your day-to-day life in the early stages of a company can be very demanding, but it can also be very rewarding as you work to build something from scratch and see it grow and succeed.
We use scrum methodology to work. This methodology is pretty effective when it comes to Startups. This methodology focuses on execution, speed and pivots and emphasizes flexibility, collaboration, and rapid iteration.
I want to cut through all of the noise out there and focus on something that will absolutely change how you run your teams, your companies, or even your own life.
Our sprint are two weeks sprint during which the team works to complete a specific set of tasks or goals. In a startup, a sprint might be used to accomplish a specific set of tasks or deliverables in a short period of time, such as building a new feature or improving an existing product.
During a sprint, the team will typically hold Sprint planning and sprint grooming meetings to check in with each other and discuss progress.
At the end of the sprint, we will review what has been completed and what still needs to be done.
This process helps the team stay focused and make progress towards their goals.
Mamazen has a wide range of advisors and investors so if you need any help to get in touch with someone we might be able to help you out. Asking for help is not a bad thing but also working your ass off is a MUST!
Building a startup is exciting, it means doing 100 MBA at the same time, Every year you spend in a startup is like 10 years of experience in any other job you might get out there but...
Launching a startup is not a walk in the park, it's not just about committing full time.
It's about having the grit and determination to see it through. It's about being able to handle the ups and downs and not giving up when things get tough. You must be able to adapt to change and make difficult decisions.
It's a lot of hard work and it's not for the faint of heart. If you are up for the challenge, it can be an incredibly rewarding experience.