Backdoor
Polished applications, and still no interviews.
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A better cover letter still joins the pile.
- 1
You polish the resume and letter.
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It goes into an applicant system.
- 3
Nobody ever writes back.
Skip the pile. Land in the founder's inbox.
Founders at early startups often read their own email. A short note about why you fit them stands out there in a way a form application rarely does.
A founder's inbox, the week a role goes up.
One short note, about why you fit. Then a reply.
Hey, this is great timing. We're about to open this role.
Free for a quick call Tuesday?
Here's what it feels like instead.
Backdoor does the searching, writing and chasing. You stay in the loop and say yes.
BackdoorA founder reads it, not a filter
Your note reaches the founder or hiring manager directly, with no application form in between.
BackdoorIt sounds like you, not a template
Each note is short and specific to one startup, so it reads like you wrote it.
BackdoorNothing goes out without your yes
You approve each email yourself by replying SEND before anything goes out.
Replies come in weeks, not months.
Backdoor only writes to founders you fit, so the ones who answer tend to answer fast. See the research
first founder replies came within two weeks
interviews came within two weeks
replies came after a follow-up Backdoor sent
Among people who got a reply or an interview, May to September 2026.
Give it three weeks.
Out of every 10 people who let Backdoor run for three weeks or more:
And you never have to chase.
4 in 10 founder replies came after a follow-up. Backdoor sends those for you, so you never have to chase.
Start tonight. Wake up to founders who fit you.
Every morning Backdoor picks startups for you and drafts the notes. All you do is reply.
Say hi
On WhatsApp or iMessage. It takes ten seconds.
Send your LinkedIn
Or your resume. Backdoor reads up on you.
Get your first founders
Startups that fit you, with notes ready to send.
Questions, answered.
It helps you write and apply. If you want startups to actually hear from you, writing to the founder directly is a different route.
For startup jobs, Backdoor. It finds startups from funding, launch and hiring news and drafts a note to the person who decides.
No. Nothing goes out until you reply SEND, and it sends from your own Gmail. After that, follow-ups go out on their own in the same thread.
Often. 9 in 10 people who heard back got their first founder reply within two weeks.
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Free to start · No forms · No app
Your next role could be one email away.
Say hi and share your LinkedIn. Backdoor finds the founders, writes the notes and follows up. You just say send.
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