Join us — help healthcare startups ship faster.
Everyone’s waiting for Healthcare to improve.
So far, no one is delivering.
Help us fix it.
Why join OpenRegulatory?
It's bootstrapped.
Ever worked at a VC-backed startup? Investors are great, but they often distort your company goals. Suddenly it's all about growing and selling — who cares about building a product that delivers value?
OpenRegulatory is different. 100% bootstrapped. Ironically, having no investors (and less money) opens up interesting opportunities: we can serve customers without a lot of money, like healthcare startups. And we can build software that solves a tiny problem, well.
Doesn't scale? That's the whole point. Someone needs to solve the small problems — and we have lots of those in Healthcare.
It's profitable.
Being profitable means shipping products that matter, because they deliver value to customers. And we know they deliver value because customers pay us. As some dude at Apple put it, customers vote with their wallets.
This establishes an essential feedback loop for product development — building the right thing. Have you ever built something that never made it to a customer? Not here.
It's run by grown-ups.
Tired of 60-hour work weeks and constant pivots because management doesn't know who your customers are?
Things are different here. I consistently work less than 40 hours per week. Evenings and weekends are off-limits for business communication. I'm a big fan of DHH and Basecamp books like It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work.
I don't micromanage. If you're micromanaging your people, you either hired the wrong people or you're a crappy manager — or both.
You meet lots of healthcare startups.
Consulting in any industry means meeting lots of companies. Being specialized on startups means those companies are new, up-and-rising technology startups bringing innovation to Healthcare.
New to Healthtech? A perfect way to get your feet wet. Already in Healthtech? A great way to grow your network.
You're helping people.
You're not directly treating patients, but you're enabling other companies to help thousands of patients in the long run.
Working at OpenRegulatory
You're treated like a grown-up.
We don't micro-manage. We hardly manage at all. We discuss projects together, then it's up to you. If you need help, we're there. Otherwise: set your own goals, work hours and pace.
We don't use Slack.
Slack shows an online indicator. We don't like that. People should work whenever they want to work.
Slack also creates an implicit expectation of urgency. We only expect a reply within 24 hours on work days. You could be at the gym or flying planes during the day — we don't care, we trust you to get your work done.
Bonuses like a freelancer.
We share 25% of our profits among all team members. If everyone does great work and the company is profitable, you get a bonus on top of your salary.
Freelancer-style upside while keeping the safety of being employed.
One meeting per week.
One meeting per week — Monday morning — to agree on what everyone's working on.
Everything else is async in Basecamp. We don't even need the Monday call really, but it's nice to hear each other's voices.
Switch off your push notifications.
No one expects an immediate reply. Turn notifications off. If you're in the mood for work, log in to Basecamp or open your inbox. Otherwise, stay focused on life.
Productivity over 8-hour workdays.
Everyone sees the company bank account and revenue per person — we have a crystal-clear picture of productivity (really, profitability).
If you can be profitable working two hours a day — awesome. The other 22 hours are yours.
A four-day workweek.
Regulatory consulting can be exhausting.
We switched to a four-day week before it was cool. Fridays are off.
Access to the company bank account.
Everyone gets read-only access so you always know whether the company is profitable.
You see salaries, bonuses and expenses. Transparency keeps us all accountable.
Your own company credit card.
No purchasing process. If you need something, just buy it.
You also get an Amazon Business login to order whatever you need for work.
Further reading
Pioneers vs. Process People
I describe two types of people who join startups at different stages.
Become a Full-Stack Person
In an age of ever-increasing specialization, being a generalist may be a feature, not a bug.
Businesspeople Are Useless
Studying business doesn't qualify you to run a company. Market knowledge does.
Ready to apply?
We recently launched a dedicated job board for Digital Health roles.
(Yes, we like side projects.)
Browse all current openings there.