Gro-connect.com’s mission is to conveniently make fresh & healthy food accessible to everyone. We firmly believe that you, your family, and your friends should always have the opportunity to eat well, and that price should never be a barrier between you and healthy, delicious, and freshly-harvested food.
Gro-connect.com is committed to providing our wholesale users the best experience possible, by regularly offering bulk sales at unbeatable prices. We work with a variety of farms, brokers, distributors, and artisan producers to bring you high-quality food with transparent biocertification at prices that are at least 25% BELOW terminal market prices. Our services speed up the time, while reducing the cost to source wholesale Produce & Fruit. We are success driven, so our services are free to all of our users, & only when we create a sale, do we then collect our sales commission.
Our Mission:
We are dedicated to building a diverse community, one where employees feel a sense of belonging, and are valued for their contributions and the perspectives they bring.
Our purpose is to champion the power of human connection and the heart of connection is inclusion. We want you to feel like, You belong here!
Joining a startup is an opportunity like no other — a real chance to be the change you want to see in the world (to quote Gandhi here).
Early stage companies are on a mission to transform their industries, and their earliest employees are pivotal in making that happen. Startup employees have the autonomy to make decisions that can shape the future of the company, leaving an indelible and lasting impact. While working at a startup means accepting ambiguity and constant change, there’s an invaluable opportunity to solve a problem no one else has quite figured out.
“Early stage startups offer a unique path to growth, innovation, and opportunity. If a person believes in the vision of the organization, can thrive in chaos, and has a willingness to seek continuous learning so they can constantly improve then they will find success.” — Emeka Ogbonna (Yotpo)
“As a single person, you can have an enormous impact at a startup, which often dwarfs the impact you can have at a much larger organization. Given the small team, you may do work you have no experience doing, but it also challenges you and can lead to great personal growth.” — Cristina Cordova (Notion, Stripe)
Some say there’s no better way to learn in life than by doing — and an early stage startup will offer you just that!
Many of the operators we spoke to mentioned that joining a startup was one of the most important learning experiences of their careers — setting the foundation for them to be successful across a wide range of roles in the future.
Because startups are smaller organizations by nature, every employee has the opportunity to learn just about every function necessary to make the company successful.
In large corporations, business functions are often walled off by departments and strict role definitions. But startups have an all-hands-on-deck mentality, which gives employees a front-row seat to understanding how a business is built from all angles.
Alright, let’s talk about money! Earning a significant financial reward was the third reason industry leaders wanted to join early stage companies. Being an early employee at a startup can be incredibly lucrative and a chance to grow generational wealth — how exciting!
In early companies, resources are limited and that may reduce how much cash compensation a startup can offer. However, early employees are taking a big risk to join a new company and need to be compensated in alternative ways.
Cue Beyonce’s legendary lyric — ”pay me in equity.”
A standard part of a startup’s compensation package includes receiving equity in the business via stock options. The magic of equity is that it lets employees participate in the upside of the company as it grows. This aligns incentives for success and rewards employees for taking that early risk.
It’s simple: As a company does well, the value of the equity/stock increases. If the company has a significant exit — either an acquisition or initial public offering (IPO) — that equity can turn into a life-changing amount of money.
While equity is part of many startup packages, it can be hard to figure out how to navigate conversations to maximize your equity and ownership. We asked operator Iheanyi Ekechukwu (ex-GitHub, Digital Ocean) what he wished he knew before joining a startup:
Preparation and learning about this side of early companies is key before plunging in. Compound, Carta, and SVB have great tools to help employees at early companies learn about equity, options, and financial planning.
Of course, every startup won’t have a massive exit, but that’s part of the risk-reward tradeoff of joining an emerging company versus one that is more established. While there might be more uncertainty, the potential payoff for taking the leap can be substantial.
When it comes to professional pursuits, we all have our motivations — learn, grow, earn. We hope this blog sheds light on how joining an early stage company can help you achieve all three!
Job Description:
We are currently seeking a Sales Representatives to join our team and work remotely. This is a fun job for someone experienced in selling or buying fruit & produce. You will be responsible for working with our suppliers to source buyers for the products they have to sell. As you discuss the products with our buyers, you often will come across specific items our buyers are searching for that you can help source suppliers in return.
Our service is a fraction of the cost our users pay to complete this work in house. They pay us when we complete a transaction and we are free until we provide results.
This is a unique career opportunity enabling one to excel professionally within the Fresh Produce Industry. This position entails trading fresh commodities, assisting in negotiating transactions and supporting the purchase or sale of transparent, nutritious food grown locally and from around the world.
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Our company is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, age, sex, religion, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, gender identity or expression, or any other basis protected by local, state or federal law.
This policy applies with regard to all aspects of one’s employment, including hiring, transfer, promotion, compensation, eligibility for benefits and termination.
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We are currently seeking a Software Engineer to further develop our e-commerce platform and build our next-generation industry system.
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Our company is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, age, sex, religion, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, gender identity or expression, or any other basis protected by local, state or federal law.
This policy applies with regard to all aspects of one’s employment, including hiring, transfer, promotion, compensation, eligibility for benefits and termination.
We’re looking for a Senior Account Executive who will help us drive net-new opportunities with mid-sized companies and meaningfully impact customers’ business goals. You will work in a fast-paced sales environment selling Gro-connect.com solutions to prospective customers. You will be responsible for sourcing your own pipeline through business development and prospecting, and partnering with SDRs.
In your role, you will use your sales acumen to educate prospective customers on the benefits and values of Gro-connect.com solutions. Manage the end-to-end sales process, and help customers select us as their B2B commerce and client experience platform.
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WHO YOU ARE:
Our company is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, age, sex, religion, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, gender identity or expression, or any other basis protected by local, state or federal law.
This policy applies with regard to all aspects of one’s employment, including hiring, transfer, promotion, compensation, eligibility for benefits and termination.
Description:
We are seeking a highly motivated Regional Sales Managers to work remotely, and service the targeted areas of the West Coast, North Eastern United States, South Eastern United States, Canada, Mexico, South America, Europe, Asia, China, and Australia.
As the Regional Sales Manager you will manage sales and marketing efforts in the targeted area by developing strong customer relationships, maintaining an active prospect list and creating follow-up tasks based on customer calling efforts.
Our company is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, age, sex, religion, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, gender identity or expression, or any other basis protected by local, state or federal law.
This policy applies with regard to all aspects of one’s employment, including hiring, transfer, promotion, compensation, eligibility for benefits and termination.
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We are offering an incredible opportunity for a product manager to join our Gro-connect.com product team, to drive product design execution, partner with the team to establish a strong design philosophy, and participate in our incredible growth trajectory.
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Our company is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, age, sex, religion, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, gender identity or expression, or any other basis protected by local, state or federal law.
This policy applies with regard to all aspects of one’s employment, including hiring, transfer, promotion, compensation, eligibility for benefits and termination.
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We are seeking a highly motivated Customer Service Managers to work remotely, and service the targeted areas of the West Coast, North Eastern United States, South Eastern United States, Canada, Mexico, South America, Europe, Asia, China, and Australia.
As a Customer Service Manager you will manage customer service representatives and the operation efforts in the targeted area by developing strong customer relationships, maintaining an fast response times and ensuring our customers are experiencing white glove top service.
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