// What this is
Most early-career marketers spend years running someone else's playbook with no upside and no real ownership. This is different.
The Meridian Operator in Residence program places a small cohort of growth operators inside live, pre-revenue software ventures. You own GTM completely. You have a funded budget. You share revenue from the first dollar the venture earns. You report to a founder who has scaled to $16M ARR and built and sold multiple companies.
This is not an internship in the traditional sense. There is no busywork. The upside is real. The accountability is real. The experience and compensation you walk away with is real. The program ends, but your ownership of your product doesn’t have to.
// What each OIR receives
- An assigned pre-revenue Meridian venture with a defined market opportunity
- A funded advertising and GTM budget
- A mentor: the founder or a senior operator from the network, with direct weekly accountability
- Full access to the product team to request features and modifications
- 25% revenue share from the first dollar the venture earns, for as long as you work on it
- A documented case study with real numbers when the cohort ends
- A recommendation from a founder with a track record
// What is required
You own GTM completely. Strategy, execution, budget decisions. Weekly reporting is non-negotiable: CAC, pipeline, conversion rates, spend, results.
This is not a job with guardrails. You will make real decisions with real money and be accountable for real outcomes. If that sounds like too much, this is not the right fit. If it sounds like exactly what you have been waiting for, keep reading.
// The ventures
Each OIR is assigned a venture based on their background and instincts. Current cohort assignments include:
A compliance software product serving a specific professional audience in a market where urgency is real and awareness is low.
A fitness and nutrition platform targeting gym owners and individual members, with a funded outreach and paid search strategy ready to execute.
A third assignment is candidate-dependent. If your background is consumer software, household products, or professional services, there may be a fit.
Ventures are not revealed until the interview stage.
// The earning potential
If the time-sensitive venture hits its near-term ceiling, the revenue share on that engagement alone is a meaningful number. The second venture has a larger long-term ceiling.
For the right operator executing both, this is a six-figure earning opportunity within 12 months. That number is not a promise. It is a function of the market opportunity and your execution. We say it because we want the person who applies to understand what is at stake and show up accordingly.
// The application
There is no casual conversation to start. The application has five questions. Every answer should contain a specific number, a specific method, or a specific decision. Vague answers will not receive a response.
If you get through the application, we will have a serious conversation about structure, expectations, and what success looks like for both of us.