Careers at Paldoris Ventures
A venture practice in Minneapolis. Your advice gets marked, which is uncomfortable and makes you considerably better at giving it.
Why work with us
Your advice is reviewed
Every recommendation you make is revisited at twelve and twenty-four months. It is rare in this industry and it sharpens judgement fast.
Wrong calls are not punished
The review exists to calibrate, not to blame. What is penalised is advice too vague to assess.
No contingent pay
Nobody is compensated on transactions, so recommending inaction costs you nothing.
Published salary
Every advertisement carries the real range with no equity or success component.
Current vacancies
All roles are based at our Minneapolis, MN office unless stated otherwise. Salary ranges are published with every advertisement and we do not negotiate candidates against one another.
Venture Development Manager
Leads growth and business development engagements, and runs the twelve and twenty-four month follow-up reviews that record what became of advice this firm gave.
What you will do
- Lead growth strategy, business development and market entry engagements
- Log every substantive recommendation in writing at the time it is given, specific enough to be assessed later
- Record the assumptions each recommendation rests on, so a later review can separate bad advice from a bad assumption
- Run unpaid follow-up reviews at twelve and twenty-four months, including for former clients
- Record outcomes honestly, including recommendations that turned out to be wrong
- Analyse the reasoning error behind failed recommendations rather than only the result
- Advise clients to do nothing, wait or hire where that is the correct answer
- Make investor and partner introductions without taking any fee from either side
What we are looking for
- Five or more years in venture, business development, commercial strategy or advisory
- Willingness to have your own recommendations marked and published
- Ability to write advice precisely enough that it can be assessed twelve months later
- Strong commercial modelling and honest assumption testing
- Comfortable telling an owner that the answer is to do nothing
Senior Advisor
Leads the largest engagements and owns the integrity of the follow-up record across the practice.
What you will do
- Lead complex growth and diligence engagements
- Own owner and board relationships
- Review the follow-up record and the patterns in it
- Supervise advisors and review all recommendations before they are logged
What we are looking for
- Nine or more years in advisory or senior commercial roles
- Board-level presentation capability
- Comfortable publishing evidence against the firm
- Upper Midwest network valued
Commercial Analyst
Builds the models and evidence behind recommendations, and maintains the follow-up record.
What you will do
- Build commercial and unit economics models
- Test assumptions and run honest sensitivities
- Maintain the recommendation log and review diary
- Prepare follow-up review findings
What we are looking for
- Three or more years in analysis, finance or commercial roles
- Strong modelling, tested at interview
- Meticulous record keeping
- Interest in why advice succeeds or fails
Associate
Supports engagements and the follow-up programme through research, analysis and documentation.
What you will do
- Research markets, competitors and customers
- Support modelling and evidence gathering
- Maintain the recommendation log accurately
- Prepare materials and engagement records
What we are looking for
- Careful analytical work and accurate writing
- Strong spreadsheet skills
- Genuine curiosity about how businesses grow
- Open to graduates and career changers
How we hire
Application reviewed
Every applicant receives a reply within two weeks of the closing date, including unsuccessful ones.
First conversation
Thirty minutes about your experience and the role. The salary range was in the advertisement and there is no contingent component.
Case discussion
A live commercial scenario, including one where the right recommendation is to do nothing. We also ask about advice you gave that turned out wrong.
Offer
Two stages then a decision, in writing, with the full compensation structure stated.