We cofound ambitious companies with

extraordinary

ambitious

humble

resilient

resourceful

coachable

people.

We Believe

Great entrepreneurs can make the largest impact on the world.

Our Model

Phase 1:

We find top performers.

We partner with overachievers who embody our first principles and have demonstrated a clear ability to learn, execute, and grow extremely quickly. Having an idea for a company is not a prerequisite.

PHASE 2:

We develop ambitious ideas.

Future founders join our team as Entrepreneurs in Residence (EIRs) to work hands-on with portfolio companies and intensively research strategies for their own ventures.

PHASE 3:

We cofound companies.

When ready, EIRs become CEOs & cofounders of their own companies with funding, a significant ownership stake, salary, and autonomy.

PHASE 4:

We focus on early profitability.

Mechanism’s domain experts work hands-on with CEOs to reach profitability and build infrastructure across growth, product, finance, legal, etc.

PHASE 5:

We enable hypergrowth.

Once profitable, we work with CEOs to make market size their only constraint as we provide resources to support scale, align incentives, and leverage the mechanisms that drive growth.

Our First Company

We started by cofounding a company dedicated to improving youth health:

Week 1

Week 8

Week 21

Week 30

MVP launched

$1M run rate

Profitability reached

$10M run rate

Our Startups

We've since cofounded companies in the finance, mental health, education, nutrition, energy, employment, and CPG spaces.

We operate as a distributed team and can work from anywhere.

Location Independent

We operate as a distributed team and can work from anywhere.

Our Headquarters

Our main office is in the heart of San Francisco.