Entrepreneur in Residence

Mentor 5-10 early-stage founders, 1:1 mentorship, 10 hours a week.

Oneday is an education platform that delivers an MBA and a BS in Entrepreneurship in partnership with William Jewell College. Our students are each paired one-to-one with a mentor who has already built what they're trying to build.

The engagement

• Paid, structured contractor role
• 5-10 mentees, with one 30-minute call per founder each week
• About 10 hours a week in total, including prep and assignment feedback
• Fully remote, with calls scheduled during US time zones
• Onboarding and ongoing support so you're set up to mentor well from day one

The Role

As an Entrepreneur in Residence, you will mentor a portfolio of ambitious early-stage founders

one-to-one. Through structured 1:1 calls, you will help them validate ideas, build their first product, win their first customers, grow revenue in the way that fits their business, and scale something that lasts.

This is not a side-of-desk advisory role. It is a serious commitment to supporting the next generation of founders — drawing on what you have already built, and giving it back at the moment it matters most in their journey.

What You'll Do

• Give direct, experience-led advice on launching and scaling a business in your sector — from idea validation to product, growth, hiring, revenue, and operations.
• Hold founders accountable to commitments and outcomes, with the candour they'll struggle to find anywhere else.
• Review and feed back on practical assignments tied to milestones in their company-building journey.
• Bring your network when it matters — warm intros, hiring leads, customer conversations — at your discretion.

The Community You'll Join

Our mentor community is made up of founders who have built meaningful, revenue-generating

businesses — whether that route ran through venture capital, bootstrapping, or something in

between. What unites this group isn't how the capital was raised; it's that they built something real and know what it actually takes. You will join a peer group of accomplished entrepreneurs across sectors with regular opportunities to collaborate, exchange playbooks, and access early dealflow from the founders we work with.

Who We're Looking For

• Founder of one or more businesses that have reached significant scale — we typically look
• for seven- and eight-figure revenue and up, built through fundraising, bootstrapping, or a mix of both.
• Deep tactical expertise in identifying and validating ideas, building product, and driving early growth — in any sector, not just tech.
• A serious commitment to lean, outcome-focused company-building — not theory.
• Outstanding judgement and people skills. The best mentors are direct, generous, and patient with the realities of early-stage building.
• Prior mentoring, advisory, or angel-investing experience is a strong signal
• Lived experience navigating barriers to building a business — whether that's limited access to capital, networks, or opportunity — is a real asset here, not a gap. Founders who've had to build differently often have the sharpest instincts for the founders we work with.

Experience building in sectors including:

• Professional services and agencies;
• Entertainment, art & media;
• Events, community and experiences;
• Workplace and the future of work;

Travel & hospitality.

Don't meet every point above? Entrepreneurship takes many forms, and we know the strongest mentors don't always tick every box on paper. If you've built something real and believe you'd bring genuine value to a founder, we'd still love to hear from you.

Time Commitment

Minimum 10 hours per week. Flexible around your existing commitments.

Why Join Oneday

• Mentor founders at the moment your guidance has the most leverage — early enough to
• shape the business.
• Be part of a serious, peer-level community of accomplished operators and builders, across
• sectors and paths to scale.
• Highly-rewarded work that flexes around your existing ventures.