Backdoor
Faster forms still land in the same queue.
Simplify fills application forms so you can apply faster. Backdoor skips the form and writes to the startup founder who makes the call, often before the role is posted.
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Backdoor
A faster form is still a form.
- 1
You find a posting and apply.
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Your form joins everyone else's.
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Then you wait to hear 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.
BackdoorReach them before the job is posted
Every morning you get startups that just raised or launched, often before they post the role.
BackdoorA founder reads it, not a filter
Your note goes to the founder's inbox instead of an application queue.
BackdoorNothing goes out without your yes
You read every draft first, and nothing leaves until you reply SEND.
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.
Yes. Keep using Simplify for posted roles, and let Backdoor reach founders at pre-seed to Series C startups. They don't get in each other's way.
If you want to be heard by startups, Backdoor. It finds the founder's email, drafts a short note about why you fit, and sends it from your own Gmail.
Often, yes. Backdoor writes about why you fit, so 9 in 10 people who heard back got their first founder reply within two weeks.
No. You chat with Backdoor on WhatsApp or iMessage, with no forms or app, and send your LinkedIn or resume to get started.
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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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