Meet The Earlybirds
We’re a tight-knit crew of quirky turkeys on a mission to close the education-careers gap.
It all started in 2020
Earlywork was founded by Dan, Jono & Mazz in 2020. We began as a newsletter curating early-career resources around tech & startups, after seeing friends struggle to find meaningful job opportunities.
As our audience grew, we launched a community in 2021 for more intimate career conversations, the Earlywork Village.
That's now APAC's largest free community for early-career folks interested in tech & startups, with 6,000+ members.
We witnessed in our community how tertiary education was broken for training tech talent, and saw an opportunity to build a better business school for the tech industry.
In 2023, we launched Earlywork Academy, APAC's 1st tech sales bootcamp with a job guarantee, now operating across Australia and Singapore.
With Square Peg & Archangel Ventures as investors, we have a vision to build the fastest, fairest pathway to begin a career in tech.
So many early-career folks in tech are playing their career on single-player.
Our mission is to make ambition multiplayer. We envision a global ecosystem where any ambitious person in tech can find their crew. But for Earlywork, it’s still early days…
Become an Earlyworker
Our ambition is for Earlywork to become the #1 training ground for customer-oriented startup leaders.
Build your brand amongst the best
In building a global ecosystem of communities, you’ll elevate your personal brand among current and future leaders in the industry.
Mentorship from world-class leaders
We’re a company built around careers and community and so, mentorship from the best is only an introduction away.
Solve a meaningful, high-leverage human problem
We’re building products that can radically change where someone starts out their career. In turn, we provide a springboard to change the course of their life and the impact they make with their work.
Our Values
There are many ways to shoot for a mission and vision and so, we ground ourselves in our company values to define what we build, who we hire and how we make decisions.
Chase the Long Tail
We believe that every young person deserves a meaningful career.
To do that, we aim to democratise career opportunities for all students & graduates, regardless of their background.
Be Community Obsessed
In every decision we make, we start by defining the best possible experience for our community and go deep into understanding their needs.
To deliver that experience, the world is our team, whether that means collaborating with community members, partners, or even competitors.
Build for Tomorrow
It's not just about who we help today, but our downstream impact on broader society.
We create with a long-term, system lens to scale the impact we can have on people’s careers.
Open Mind, Stay Kind
We're not afraid to challenge one another in sharpening our ability to help our community.
But first and foremost, we do so with kindness, trust & mutual respect.
Embrace Your Quirky Turkey
We strive to make play a part of work, and build vulnerable and vibrant human connection into everything we do.
Our lively & cheeky spirit ripples through our content, community & beyond.
Our Team
Dan
Co-Founder
Likes
Making musical noises with my mouth, nature runs, and cracking open a cheeky board game.
Weird Talent
Quickly rearranging words into anagrams.
Jono
Co-Founder
Likes
Long walks on the beach, jamming out to some old-school R&B and listening to 4hr podcasts.
Weird Talent
Memorises football player jerseys.
Marina
Co-Founder
Likes
Classical music (love me some Chopin!), hitting the CrossFit box and good coffee.
Weird Talent
Perfect pitch - yep i’ll tell you musical notes of any doorbell, car horn, ringtone…
Ryan
Fellow Admissions
Likes
All things sports and solo travelling!
Weird Talent
Always finding the worst places to eat
Ben
Fellow Admissions
Likes
Listening to 80’s tunes, watching The Office once a month and having a laugh with mates.
Weird Talent
Speaking louder than I should (noise-cancelling AirPods don’t help)
Keen to join the crew?
We’re always on the look out for smart, kind, ambitious people. Let’s chat!
Building the fastest, fairest pathway to begin a career in tech
