StartX·National focus

Director, Programs

Compensation: $200 / hr
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Remote arrangement: Hybrid
Employment type: full-time
Role family: Program leadership

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Program leader with experience scaling founder education and mentorship programs at an accelerator or university innovation hub, comfortable building curriculum and managing cohort-based support for early-stage tech and life-science founders.

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StartX

$1.5M

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National focus

Geographic focus

StartX is a Stanford-affiliated nonprofit accelerator that supports founders with education, mentorship, resources, and a long-term community network rather than traditional grantmaking. It primarily serves Stanford students, alumni, and other Stanford-connected entrepreneurs, with a strong emphasis on high-potential startups in technology, AI, healthcare, biotech, and medtech. Its model is distinctive because it provides support without taking equity, making it especially attractive to early-stage founders who want deep operational help and access to the Stanford/StartX network.

Stanford-Affiliated Entrepreneurship
Early-Stage Startup Acceleration
Founder Education and Mentorship

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