About Us:
Yung Drung Inc. is a tech startup in the Free City and Special Zone space which has investment backing from the likes of Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen. For a competent, aligned and serious candidate, there are network opportunities in this role.
Background on some of the Spaces we work within, you may wish to review these before applying:
Startup Societies – a diverse and not well understood space of governance idealists
Freedom Cities – the new US administrations proposed great leap for the US
On-boarding Process
Invite to a general new intern intake chat group, where we will share resources, and offer opportunities, some requiring signing of an NDA. We encourage you to invite friends who you would work better alongside to apply to our roles on Empowerly.
We'll then setup an interview where-after we can make a decision on whether to confirm offers to each of you and you can reconfirm/decline.
Once on-boarded
Typically we will have weekly group calls on zoom, while you will be fully expected to work independently under a mentor. We will offer you the chance to work with different "network states or zones." These are communities focused on specific values, or zones with business models.
Scope of Work
Examples starting with the letter A:
- EU adjacent Zone - focused on building a strong business model in a physical zone leveraging legal arbitrage opportunities to generate revenue, and growing a referral funnel / site to recruit local talent and train them for jobs offered by specific industry
- Alpha - focused on healthy male friendships and personal growth in fitness, nutrition and finances/entrepreneurship
- Archetype - focused on healthier living communities integrating AI & each choosing archetype roles in society, like a meta game of life
Also new areas of interest:
Active project seeking more interns: Development of a hardware based smart device which integrates with AI
Brand new opportunity to Learn how to identify and build warm leads for tech affiliated startups that might want to locate and invest within special zones, in particular, US Freedom Cities!
Application Requirements
High integrity candidates who can be trusted.
Requirements vary by role, and so all are generally welcome to apply for review of potential fit. However, for some roles, we have examples of requirements below:
For Community Growth roles:
Familiarity with social media like facebook, with google docs/slides, ability to complete forms, and a willingness to learn about unique communities that are centered around specific values or interests.
The opportunity to build your own like-minded community based on a shared value and scale this up into a large number of people.
For Technical roles:
Familiarity with related platforms and integrations and the ability to integrate these and in some case code an api or similar process.
Note that a high level strategic ability to map product development and then execute is important.
The ability to think creatively and problem solve, willingness to learn quickly and to fail in the process until iterations reach success.
Location: Fully Remote
Compensation: Unpaid
Time Commitment: Minimum recommended is 1 hour per day (5-10 hours per week).
If you wish to be a community builder you'll likely be asked to interact with people and grow/foster the community
If you with to apply as a technical maestro you'll likely be asked to help with design of an automated marketing/growth funnel, with coding elements or design elements, whether software or hardware
Work will vary by project.
In some cases we offer special roles depending on your specific resume and past work/interests, through our network of VC and business partners. We do try to match your interests.
For example, we have an exciting opportunity for candidates pursuing an advanced real world science project (that you are leading) with business model, to look at, including funding for research.
We ultimately issue a reference and internship certificate ourselves, and this will always be positive if you at least show up and try. We don't expect more weekly time commitment than you're comfortable with. What you get out of the internship will be up to your personal drive and interest.
If you need help or clarifications please get in touch. You may forward this opportunity to friends you think should apply who you would enjoy working alongside with.
YD Team
Contact Email Address: info@yungdrung.city
