Events Coordinator — Founder & Investor Events

About Taidou

Taidou is a private management consulting firm built around real, measurable results. Taidou Atlas is our startup and private-markets practice: through Taidou Exchange we give founders and small businesses one integrated advisory network to build company infrastructure, connect with vetted service providers, complete readiness work, and reach private-market opportunities and curated investor discovery — with no revenue or size minimums.

Atlas works with four groups at once: founders, investors (venture capital, private equity and family offices), the accelerators and ecosystem partners who support them, and the service providers they rely on. Companies move through the Exchange in stages — intake, build, route and raise — and we hold the line on when a company is genuinely ready to meet an investor.

The Role

The Events Coordinator plans and runs Taidou Atlas's founder, investor and ecosystem events — pitch nights, investor showcases, founder workshops and partner meetups in the Dallas–Fort Worth area. Events are one of the main ways people first meet Taidou, so every detail — the invite list, the room, the run-of-show and the follow-up — matters. You'll work closely with our Atlas principals and sales team to turn each event into relationships and pipeline.

What You'll Do

• Plan and deliver a calendar of founder, investor and ecosystem events — pitch nights, investor showcases, founder workshops and partner meetups.
• Source and manage venues, catering, AV, speakers, sponsors and vendors within budget.
• Build invite lists with the sales team, manage registrations and send reminders.
• Own the run-of-show on the day: set-up, check-in, timing, speakers and breakdown.
• Capture attendees and follow-ups in the Taidou CRM so every event produces next steps.
• Report on attendance, cost and outcomes, and improve the next event.
• Build relationships with Dallas venues, co-hosts and ecosystem partners.

Qualifications

Required

• 2+ years coordinating events, hospitality, community or programmes.
• Excellent organization and attention to detail under time pressure.
• Confident with vendors, speakers and senior guests.
• Able to work on-site in Dallas, including some evenings and weekends.
• Comfortable with spreadsheets, event tools and a CRM.

Preferred (nice to have, not required)

• Existing relationships with Dallas–Fort Worth venues and vendors.
• Experience with startup, venture or accelerator events.
• Basic design or social media skills for event promotion.

How We Work

• Senior-led delivery — no bench, no handoff between the team that wins the work and the team that runs it.
• Named scope and named exclusions, agreed before work starts.
• Handover after adoption, to named owners, with a follow-up review we schedule ourselves.
• Independence from vendors: no referral fees, reseller margins or commissions.

We know great people don't always check every box. If you're excited about this role and believe you can do the work, we encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn't line up perfectly.

Engagement & Compensation

This role is contract-to-hire. You join Taidou as an independent contractor for an initial onboarding period (typically 90 days), during which we agree your goals together. Once the conversion criteria set out in your offer are met, you convert to a full-time position with benefits.

Compensation is competitive and set according to experience and scope. Full details are confirmed in your offer letter.