On-Target Earnings: $110K USD Base Salary + performance+based variable + equity
Location: Kelowna, BC (In-studio)
👋 About Us
Martell Ventures is not your typical venture studio. We’re an AI-native incubator backed by world-class operators, built to launch scalable companies that solve real problems for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) around the world.
Our mission is clear: empower high-agency founders to build enduring, profitable companies that create massive impact through automation, intelligence, and personalization.
How We Operate
As a CEO or CTO inside Martell Ventures, you’ll operate like a founder owning vision, execution, and upside, while plugging into a studio with unfair advantages:
We partner with proven entrepreneurs and elite technical builders to form two-person founding teams. Together, we incubate high-leverage AI startups inside our 90-day sprint model. Every venture launches with capital, distribution, execution playbooks, and hands-on support from 8-figure founders and GTM operators.
We don’t bet on ideas, we bet on operators.
- Distribution via Dan Martell’s network and SMB audience
- Execution playbooks used by 8-figure companies
- Elite founder community with weekly accountability rhythms
- Access to capital, talent, and market insight from day one
We’re not building shiny MVPs or B2C toys. We’re building enduring companies—designed from day one to hit $500K in 90 days and $10M ARR in 36 months.
🎥 Why you shouldn't work here – Radical Transparency from our CEO
📝 What Applying Looks Like
We keep it transparent and efficient. Here’s what to expect:
- 1-min intro video (Loom, Vidyard, or Google Drive – share your link below)
- Application review
- 15-minute intro call
- Strengths assessment – how you learn and do
- In-person interview – values and culture fit
- Paid test project – work with us, like you're already on the team
- Final call with our CEO
- Offer – if we’re both excited, we move forward fast
🚀 About NEO
NEO is building the AI-native content generation engine for the next era of creators. By turning long-form video into high-performing social content with zero friction, NEO enables creators and marketing teams to scale their brand across platforms effortlessly. With platform-specific script generation, LLM flexibility, and media-rich content repurposing, we make going viral repeatable.
Currently, pre-revenue with validated technical infrastructure, NEO is seeking a high-output founding CEO to lead customer acquisition, validate the monetizable pain, and build traction fast.
💼 About the Role
As the CEO / Business Lead at NEO, you’ll be the commercial co-founder responsible for turning product capability into paid growth, fast.
You'll work side-by-side with NEO’s founding technical lead (the creator of the core AI engine) to validate demand, close high-value deals, and drive traction in a space that’s ripe for disruption. Your focus? Revenue, retention, and relentless execution. No fundraising required, this is about generating cash, not pitch decks.
🔍 What You'll Do
Go-to-Market & Sales
- Lead customer discovery to uncover urgent, high-spend video workflow pain points
- Drive outbound strategy, run demos, and convert early pilots into paying clients
Craft high-converting messaging for creators, agencies, and growth teams - Own early revenue, close the first $10K+ MRR and build a path to scale
- Turn sharp feedback into tighter offers, faster iterations, and stronger retention
Strategy & Execution
- Build GTM experiments and landing pages that convert
- Track core metrics daily: retention, CAC, churn, LTV, revenue
- Work closely with the technical founder to prioritize roadmap decisions based on revenue opportunity
- Lead with urgency, iterate quickly, and drive relentless commercial progress
Brand & Partnerships
- Serve as the external face of NEO: early narrative, demo calls, and strategic deals
- Create and maintain key relationships with early adopters, partners, and advisors
- Elevate the NEO brand with positioning that resonates in the creator economy and B2B video space
🧠 What You Bring
Required Qualifications
- 3–5+ years in B2B SaaS, creator tools, or go-to-market roles
- Proven success in outbound sales, cold outreach, and deal conversion
- Strong copywriting and positioning skills, your words move people
- Comfortable operating with speed, ambiguity, and direct responsibility for revenue
- Data-fluent: you use dashboards, KPIs, and retention metrics to guide decisions
- Natural communicator with executive presence and founder energy
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior startup, founder, or early GTM leadership experience
- Experience working with creators, video teams, or performance marketers
- Familiarity with modern sales tools, landing page builders, and CRM platforms
- Deep interest in AI, automation, and the future of creative work
💡 You're a Great Fit If You…
- Are obsessed with traction, outcomes, and learning what makes customers buy
- Want to build something fast, with clear product-market signal
- Thrive in zero-to-one chaos and are allergic to corporate pace
- Know how to write, pitch, sell, and close
- Want co-founder-level ownership without fundraising headaches
- Are hungry for more than a job, you want a mission
🌄 Why Kelowna? Why Now?
People move here for the views. They stay for the vibe. Kelowna offers:
- A thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem
- World-class outdoor activities at your doorstep
- Great schools, arts, and a vibrant, welcoming community
- Lakeside patios, mountain trails, craft coffee, and yes, amazing wine