Backdoor
Your applications should come from you.
Massive applies to jobs for you each day from an inbox it manages. Backdoor writes to startup founders from your own Gmail, so replies come straight to you.
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Bulk applications from someone else's inbox rarely start conversations.
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Applications go out in bulk.
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Replies land in an inbox you don't own.
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Most of them never come.
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.
BackdoorIt sounds like you, not a template
Each note comes from your own Gmail and reads like you wrote it yourself.
BackdoorYou hear back in your chat
When a founder replies, it lands in your inbox and you get a text.
BackdoorFollow-ups happen without you
Follow-ups go out in the same thread and stop as soon as someone answers.
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 sends a lot of applications for you. If you would rather have a few founders read a note from your own address, Backdoor is built for that.
For startup jobs, Backdoor. It picks pre-seed to Series C startups that fit you and writes to the founder from your Gmail.
To your own Gmail inbox, because that's where the note came from. Backdoor also texts you when a founder replies.
Often. 8 in 10 people who got an interview had it 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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