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Founder / Co-Founder resume template.2026

Founder CVs serve two audiences: investors and future operators. Both want the same three things up front — what you built, how big it got, and what you actually learned. Lead with raw numbers, not vibes.

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Founder / Co-Founder

Summary

2x founder. Most recent: built a developer tools startup to $1.2M ARR and 14 customers (incl. Stripe, Notion, Linear) over 22 months as solo CEO; acquired by <acquirer> in 2025.

Selected wins

  • Built a developer tools startup to $1.2M ARR / 14 customers (incl. Stripe, Notion, Linear) in 22 months.
  • Raised a $1.8M pre-seed from <fund> and 8 operator angels; deployed across hiring (3 engineers) and infra.
  • Sold the business in 2025 to <acquirer>; led the 4-month integration as interim PM.

Skills

  • 0→1 product
  • Fundraising
  • Hiring
  • GTM
  • Customer dev
Summary

Three sentences. Role, win, scope.

"2x founder. Most recent: built a developer tools startup to $1.2M ARR and 14 customers (incl. Stripe, Notion, Linear) over 22 months as solo CEO; acquired by <acquirer> in 2025."

Open with the role and years of experience. Name a measurable win. Close with the scope or ownership signal. Recruiters scan the top third for under seven seconds — this is the format that survives that scan.

Bullets

Verb. Number. Outcome.

  • Built a developer tools startup to $1.2M ARR / 14 customers (incl. Stripe, Notion, Linear) in 22 months.
  • Raised a $1.8M pre-seed from <fund> and 8 operator angels; deployed across hiring (3 engineers) and infra.
  • Sold the business in 2025 to <acquirer>; led the 4-month integration as interim PM.
What to highlight

Skill stack

  • 0→1 product
  • Fundraising
  • Hiring
  • GTM
  • Customer dev
For the bots

ATS keywords

  • founder
  • co-founder
  • CEO
  • startup
  • fundraising
  • pre-seed
  • seed
  • Series A
  • ARR
  • MRR
  • GTM
  • product-market fit
  • 0 to 1
FAQ

Founder / Co-Founder resume questions.

  • Should I include failed startups on my resume?

    Yes, but frame the learning explicitly. "Wound down in 14 months after determining the market was structurally unprofitable" reads as judgement; hiding it reads as evasion.

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