Chief Executive Officer Jobs

This position to be the CEO and co-Founder of a non-profit organization that will launch a brand-new Social Media platform named Gides. You will assist the other Founder/Chairman of the Board in launching Gides via a Foundation named The Gides Foundation.

When Gides was first conceived, it was intended to launch as a typical startup corporation complete with investors acquired from the traditional venture capital pipeline. We have determined that this approach will hamstring the ability of Gides to change the Social Media landscape, as inevitably profit-motive will outpace values, leading to just another addictive and socially destructive online resource.

As such, the plan has been recalibrated to launch Gides in a manner similar to Mozilla (the parent organization of Firefox) or Wikimedia (the parent organization of Wikipedia). Gides aspires to be--indeed must become--the world's first socially-responsible media platform. But before it can do that, it must be launched with functionality that no other social media platform has. If Gides simply performs the same functions as other social media platforms, nobody will use it.

The only way to change the social media landscape is to offer features and do things that other social media platforms don't. In that light, Gides is a revolutionary new platform for creating, editing, aggregating, and sharing information and knowledge. It uses the chat interface to build socially-enabled web pages and websites on mobile phones. It is a social publishing platform that enables anyone to create, edit, and share website-quality content from their phone. Our mission is to give everyone on earth with a phone the same opportunities as a web professional with a desktop.

The Gides Foundation has not yet been created. It will be your job to work with the other Founder to legally create it as a Foundation/501(c)(3) Organization and begin fundraising so it can hire programmers to launch the platform. This is an ambitious goal, and is therefore not for timid or inexperienced applicants. You must possess an abiding belief that it is possible for the social media landscape to change, and that you have the talents, creativity, willpower, and sheer tenacity to (with the Founder as your partner) be the source of that change.

As The Gides Foundation does not yet exist, there is very little in the way of resources for compensation at the outset. The plan is for your (and the other Founder's) salaries to become available as money is raised to fund the foundation. CEO salaries at Wikipedia and Mozilla are $400k and $3M respectively. Those figures are being shared to demonstrate the salary potential that exists for a successful organization has been created, managed, and grown. But make no mistake: The beginning months will be lean, and you must be in a financial position to tolerate that.

Rather than outline a specific list of "qualifications" let us just restate: The correct person for this position is NOT someone who is inexperienced. You definitely will have to show that you have launched, created, managed, or been a significant contributor to the growth of a previous successful company or organization. Anyone who has a specific talent for and experience with fundraising will obviously be considered seriously. But just as important is being a good manager and leader.

In closing: The other Founder is looking for someone to be a good mentor to him, and you must therefore be capable of strong leadership. This will be a team effort, and at the outset that team will consist of you and the other Founder. You must have personalities that are compatible. As such, nothing will be more important at the outset than the chemistry that exists between the Founders.

TO APPLY:

Visit gides.com. Gides has a very highly developed beta/proof-of-concept site up and running. It has an app in the Google Play store, and was very close to being approved in the Apple Store. There is a detailed gide (a post in Gides is called a gide) about what Gides is and why it was created that you must read in order to apply. It can be found at the following URL:

https://www.gides.com/jeffme/why_gides-

Please do the following to submit your application:

• Email your cover letter and resume to [email protected] with the subject "Applying for CEO/Co-Founder of The Gides Foundation"
• Read the gide at https://www.gides.com/jeffme/why_gides-
• Write at least a one-page cover letter explaining why 1) You believe in the vision and 2) You are the person to do it with the other Founder

This application process does not use bots to review your resume. It will be read. If your application is eye-catching, the Founder will call you for a good old-fashioned discussion.

Finally, depending on the applicant's personal situation, the job may start as a part-time or after-hours position and work its way up to a full-time position with appropriate full-time salary within a period of several weeks or months. A decision about proceeding in this manner would be collaboratively made between the Founders.