Deel Founder Hours
Deel Founder Hours
Deel Founder Hours is our way of giving back—offering founders 1:1 time with our exec team to tackle the hardest problems you can’t Google.
Conversations for the messy middle
Over the past six years, we’ve grown Deel into a $17.4B company with 7,000+ people. We didn’t get everything right—but we learned a lot from other founders along the way. Those conversations mattered, and we want more founders to experience them.
Deel Founder Hours is our way of giving back. It’s a chance to have honest 1:1 conversations with Deel leaders about the messy, deeply human realities of building a business.
Twice per year, our executive team sets aside time for private conversations with founders, with the goal of offering perspective and helping you move forward with more clarity.
Shuo Wang
Co-Founder and Chief Revenue Officer at Deel
how it works
How the program works
We’d love to help every founder who applies. With limited time, we’ll prioritize Series A+ companies that are facing high-impact decisions where we can be most helpful.
We’ve assembled our exec team across product, ops, growth, and more
Alex Bouaziz, Co-Founder & CEO
Built Deel from zero to one of the fastest-scaling SaaS companies. Helps founders with product, fundraising, global scale, and M&A.
Shuo Wang, Co-founder & CRO
Scaled Deel past a $1B ARR. Helps founders with founder-led sales, pricing, GTM strategy, and revenue scale.
Dan Westgarth, COO
Runs Deel’s global operations 3,300+ org. Helps founders scale global operations, enterprise delivery, and execution.
Yaron Lavi , CTO
Leads Deel’s global engineering team of over 1,000 people. Helps founders build fast, scalable systems and strong technical teams.
Aaron Goldsmid, Head of product
Veteran product leader across Facebook, Amazon, and Twilio. Helps founders build scalable fintech products & growth.
Chris Lee, Head of US Sales
Scaled Deel from early revenue to $1B ARR. Helps founders with sales hiring, GTM execution, and scaling revenue teams.
Franck Neron-Bancel, Head of M&A
Seasoned dealmaker with 14+ acquisitions completed. Helps founders with M&A strategy, integrations, and buy vs build decisions.
Carlos Santovena, VP of Ops
Leads Deel’s global operations across 11 products. Helps founders build scalable automation and teams that grow fast without breaking.
Ilana Elbaz, Head of Int. Sales
One of Deel’s first hires, Ilana helped build sales from the earliest days. Helps founders with scaling from first deals to repeatable growth.