Backdoor
Hands-off applying, and still hearing nothing.
Sonara applies to job posts for you while you get on with your day. Backdoor puts a short note from you in a startup founder's inbox, and waits for your yes.
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Applying for you still means waiting in line.
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Applications go out while you sleep.
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They land in a stack of hundreds.
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Your inbox stays quiet.
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 goes to the person who decides, not a system that screens applications.
BackdoorNothing goes out without your yes
You see every draft, and nothing goes out until you reply SEND.
BackdoorYou hear back in your chat
When a founder replies, you get a text right in the same chat.
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 saves you the effort of applying. If applications haven't turned into replies, a direct note to the founder is another way to get seen.
For startup jobs, Backdoor. It finds startups that fit you, writes to the founder and follows up in the same thread.
Many do. 9 in 10 people who heard back got their first founder reply within two weeks.
No. Every note waits for you to reply SEND, and then it goes out from your own Gmail. After that, follow-ups go out on their own in the same thread.
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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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