Associate (Paris) - The Bridge

What Is The Bridge?

The Bridge is the fastest way for Europeans to build massive companies in San Francisco from scratch.

At Entrepreneurs First, we’ve spent over a decade refining how to identify the most talented potential founders around the globe, help them build teams, ideate and raise funds from the world’s best VCs. The portfolio we’ve built this way is now worth over $15bn.

San Francisco is the most competitive startup ecosystem in the world—if you can win there, you can win globally. It has forged the most valuable companies to ever exist; for those that want to build something generational, there’s no better place to found.

The Bridge combines the best European talent with a decade of company‑building knowledge, bringing it to the SF ecosystem. Cohorts of 40‑50 founders live, work and build companies together in a house in San Francisco. 8 weeks to go from nothing to a funded startup. This will be the place the next $100bn company gets created.

THE ROLE

Your job is to identify exceptional individuals before pivotal moments in their lives, then help them build a moonshot. You’ll learn how ideas become reality, have day‑to‑day exposure to world‑class founders, and directly influence how we deploy millions of dollars each year into founders and teams in Europe and the US.

What You’ll Do

• Develop and execute theses on where you can find exceptionally talented individuals early in their career.
• Become a trusted advisor to those individuals—help them unlock ambition and reach potential, from advising on career decisions to supporting them in building companies and raising funds.
• Sharpen your judgment: learn what exceptional founders and world‑changing companies look like.
• Build relationships with experts across a broad range of fields.
• Be a key influencer in deciding which founders and companies EF invests in.

What This Looks Like

• Sourcing talent in Europe: spend approximately eight months of the year finding great people to invest in, sourcing through deep work in online and in‑person communities across Europe.
• Shaping talent and companies in San Francisco: spend approximately two to three months of the year in San Francisco, supporting the people invested in, building founding teams, defining ideas, and helping founders raise their first round with top investors.

Why It Matters

Your job is to find exceptional people and help them build extraordinary companies. By succeeding, you become part of the origin story of iconic future companies.

Who You Are

• Intellectually curious—dig for first principles, self‑teach, and range across domains.
• Driven—find creative ways through obstacles, own outcomes.
• Network builder—build meaningful relationships with exceptional people, peers, and seniors.
• Discerning judge of talent—have high standards, optimistic yet realistic about potential.
• Tech‑impact oriented—fascinated by how technology, especially via startups, changes the world.

Who We Are

Entrepreneur First (“EF”) has existed for over a decade. We are a small team spinning out The Bridge, our newest product, backed by leading founders and investors. EF’s companies are now worth over $15bn.