What the work involves
This is deck work, judged the way a partner judges a deck. On a given task you might be asked to produce a reference artifact from a prompt — a three-slide market map for an emerging vertical, a portfolio review page for a Series B position, an LP update section covering a down round — or to review what the model generated and explain, concretely, where it falls short. The failure modes you'll be flagging are specific: a TAM build that double-counts, a comp set that quietly includes a public company trading on entirely different multiples, an exhibit whose takeaway line contradicts the chart beneath it, a risks section that lists only risks already mitigated.
Written justification carries as much weight as the artifact. "This slide is weak" is not usable training signal; "the bridge chart implies net revenue retention above 130% but the cohort table three slides back shows 108%, and no reconciliation is offered" is. Expect to spend real time on the reasoning, not just the fix.
What the platform screens for
Ethos runs an AI voice screen before any task access. It probes whether you have actually sat in an investment committee rather than read about one — what goes in a memo appendix versus the body, how a market map exhibit gets structured when the categories overlap, how LP materials change tone in a bad quarter. Follow-ups get more specific, not less, so vague answers compound. Slide craftsmanship is treated as a genuine skill here: expect questions about how you'd lay out a dense exhibit, not just whether you know PowerPoint.
Logistics
- Fully remote, asynchronous, no fixed hours or standing calls
- 5–20 hours per week, with more available to contributors who calibrate well
- $100/hour is the observed rate on this engagement, not a guarantee — banding can shift with task type and review outcomes
- Work arrives in batches; consistency over a few weeks matters more than volume in any single week