Backdoor
A tidy tracker, and no one writing back.
Teal keeps your resumes and applications organized. Backdoor does the outreach itself, finding startups that fit you and writing to their founders for you.
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Backdoor
Organizing applications doesn't get them read.
- 1
You tailor the resume and apply.
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You log it in your tracker.
- 3
The status never changes.
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
Backdoor finds the founder's or hiring manager's email and writes to them for you.
BackdoorFollow-ups happen without you
Follow-ups go out in the same thread without you, and stop when someone replies.
BackdoorYou hear back in your chat
You get a text in your chat the moment a founder writes back.
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 tailoring resumes and tracking applications in Teal, and let Backdoor write to founders at pre-seed to Series C startups from your Gmail.
If you want the outreach done for you, Backdoor. It picks startups that fit you every morning and drafts a short note to the founder.
No. It writes to founders directly, and each note waits in your chat until you reply SEND. After that, follow-ups go out on their own in the same thread.
Many do. 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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