Startup Coach, Alpha - $150,000/year USD
Crossover•Austin, TX
fulltime
Business Development, Education, and Training
2+ years
The best way to support a teenager launching a business is to hold them to a high bar. You understand that rigorous standards aren't about applying pressure—they signal your belief in what the student can achieve. If this resonates, continue reading.
You'll work with high school students who are building genuine businesses with $1M upside potential. These aren't classroom exercises or mock ventures. Expect to dedicate 60-65% of your week to 1:1 coaching: pinpointing where each founder gets stuck, surfacing the most impactful next step, and keeping them accountable to a concrete plan. The remaining 35-40% divides between overseeing academics and running workshops designed to build real skills, not just theory.
This isn't a conventional teaching position. You're responsible for holistic student outcomes—venture traction, academic performance, and personal development together. You'll rely on dashboards, progress reports, and academic metrics to coach with data-driven clarity rather than gut feel. If a student's grades start slipping, you step in proactively. If a business flatlines, you surface the actual issue, not the easier conversation.
You'll begin by understanding each student's company, capabilities, and friction points. Within a few months, you become the voice they trust when you challenge them—because you've operated in the real world yourself. The payoff is seeing a 16-year-old arrive with a concept and leave with a live business, the habits to sustain it, and academics that preserve future options.
If you've been searching for a position where your operational background directly influences emerging founders, submit your application. If you require structured lesson plans, predictable routines, or environments where effort alone is rewarded, this role isn't the right fit.
What You Will Be Doing
What You Won’t Be Doing
Startup Coach Key Responsibilities Guide student founders to build ventures with $1M potential while maintaining strong academic standing.
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About Alpha Want to join a learning rebellion that’s transforming the traditional classroom? Alpha School is on a mission to reshape education with a bold approach that harnesses AI to accelerate learning and unleash student potential.
They don’t play by the old rules. Alpha is creating a new paradigm where students master core academics in just two hours a day, freeing up time for hands-on, passion-driven learning that truly prepares them for the real world.
Alpha School is rewriting the rules of education. Sounds too good to be true? It’s not. There is so much to cover for this exciting role, and space here is limited. Hit the Apply button if you found this interesting and want to learn more. We look forward to meeting you!
Working with us This is a full-time (40 hours per week), long-term position. The position is immediately available and requires entering into an independent contractor agreement with Crossover as a Contractor of Record. The compensation level for this role is $75 USD/hour, which equates to $150,000 USD/year assuming 40 hours per week and 50 weeks per year. The payment period is weekly. Consult www.crossover.com/help\-and\-faqs for more details on this topic.
Crossover Job Code: LJ-5757-US-Austin-StartupCoach