Backdoor
Don't wait to be picked. Reach out first.
Standout makes warm intros to startups that hire through it. Backdoor writes to founders at any startup that fits you, each morning, from your own Gmail.
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Waiting for a match means waiting on others.
- 1
You share what you're looking for.
- 2
Matches come from startups on its marketplace.
- 3
You wait for both sides to say yes.
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
Any startup that fits you is in reach, found each morning from funding, launch and hiring news.
BackdoorIt sounds like you, not a template
Each note is written from your background, about why you fit that one startup.
BackdoorYou hear back in your chat
When a founder writes back, you get a text in the chat you already use.
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.
If you're open to startups on its marketplace and want warm intros, it can be. If you'd rather reach founders at any startup that fits you, Backdoor writes to them directly.
Backdoor, if you want to start the conversation yourself. More than half the people who gave Backdoor three weeks heard back from a founder, and 4 in 10 got to an interview or next round.
Yes. Take the intros it brings you, and let Backdoor reach the startups outside its marketplace.
No. Every note waits in your chat until you 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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