One technical partner to own ShiftFree’s entire technology stack. This is not a traditional co-founder role with shared business authority. You own technology end-to-end. The founder retains business direction, sales, marketing, partnerships, and control of the cap table. Equity-primary, meaningful ownership, 4-year vest with a 1-year cliff, and a modest early stipend that steps up as customers are added.
Zero customers today, with an established architecture already built — not four products from a blank page. Approximately 29,500 laundromats operate nationwide (Coin Laundry Association), with independent gyms as a comparable secondary market. The goal is 1,000 customers within four years on a 48-month sprint orientation.
Phase 1 handles customer support. Phase 2 runs the store: an agent with real tools, real authority and real escalation logic managing operations across a fleet of unmanned locations. The hardware is proven and uncomplicated; FreeByrd and ByrdView are what make SafeSpin24 a difference rather than an upgrade. This role is the key to the business.
Equity range is discussed only at the conversation or offer stage.
The founder owns sales, marketing, internal operations and executive function. Growth runs through read-in integrations with payment processors and OS vendors, then the CLA and regional trade associations. Hardware, software, physical security and AI are converging into a single PropTech solution for the first time — that window is the thesis.
A focused, unpaid design exercise on FreeByrd’s Virtual GM agent: define the architecture, the first set of tools, escalation logic and key risks. Tightly scoped at six to eight hours, designed to show how you think rather than extract free product work. The brief is sent only to candidates who pass the initial screen.
Equity in a pre-revenue company can be worth nothing. We will not pretend otherwise.
No form. Email connor@shiftfree.net with a short note on why this opportunity fits you, links to relevant work, and one system you own end-to-end today plus what breaks when you are not there. Or call 757-837-3567.
ShiftFree LLC — shiftfree.net — 757-837-3567
This is not a traditional co-founder role with shared business authority. You own technology end-to-end. The founder retains business direction, sales, marketing, partnerships, and control of the cap table.
New to ShiftFree? Start with the SafeSpin24 system or the WDF-Access program.
Independent gyms represent a comparable secondary market. The addressable footprint is enormous and still largely unautomated — and your equity stake benefits directly from the outcome.
The agentic Virtual GM. This is the one that changes the category, and it's yours to build.
Phase 1 handles customer support. Phase 2 runs the store — an agent with real tools, real authority, and real escalation logic managing operations across a fleet of unmanned locations. That's the working exercise, and then it's the job.
The hardware works — that part isn't complicated, and my experience covers it. FreeByrd and ByrdView are what make SafeSpin24 a difference instead of an upgrade. That's why this partner has to be as driven to get it right as I am: it has to work, and it has to give the owner back their balance, their peace, their sanity. This role is the key to the business.
See what's shipping today: the SafeSpin24 system · WDF-Access · pricing
Equity range is discussed at the conversation stage — not published on a webpage.
You will not be expected to work for free after acceptance. The stipend is modest early and grows as we add customers. You'll have authority to hire or contract additional technical help as traction and workload grow.
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Sales, marketing, internal operations, and executive function. Growth runs through read-in integrations with payment processors and OS vendors, then the CLA and regional trade associations — named sponsorship and event presence once we're cash-flowing. Their membership roster is our prospect list. We know who the owners are and how to reach them, so paid advertising isn't in the plan.
Do what you say you're going to do, when you say you're going to do it — and if you can't, tell the customer as soon as possible.
I want customers, not sales. We're a technology company and a service company, and the second half is where most companies quit. When a customer or prospect calls our number, I answer it. Expectations in this market have been ground down for years — we'll be the ones who exceed them. When this company sells, it sells with a happy customer base attached.
Hardware, software, physical security, and AI are converging into a single PropTech solution for the first time. That window is the whole thesis.
We don't have customers yet. What we have is a product that changes what owning a laundromat means — and forty years of taking care of customers behind it. I'm not guessing about this industry, and I'm not guessing about service. I've been doing both for a long time.
You will be evaluated on real work, not just interviews.
It's designed to show how you think — not to extract free product work.
Strong candidates treat this as a chance to demonstrate ownership and clarity. Weak candidates treat it as an inconvenience. The brief is sent only to candidates who pass the initial screen.
This environment rewards grit, intelligence, pace, and ownership.
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Equity in a pre-revenue company can be worth nothing. We won't pretend otherwise, and we won't sell you a story to get you here.