Details

Classification: Exempt, Regular, Fulltime, Hybrid (Minimum 40% Onsite)

Location: Mountain View, CA

Department: Collections & Exhibits

Position Summary

The Director of Entrepreneurship & Silicon Valley serves as the strategic, programmatic, and community leader for CHM's Entrepreneurship Initiative.

The Director will establish CHM as the trusted institution for understanding Silicon Valley's entrepreneurial culture by cultivating relationships across the startup ecosystem, developing an influential advisory network, and working closely with Development to secure philanthropic investment that enables the Initiative to grow.

Drawing upon CHM's remarkable collections and newly established community relationships, the Director will lead efforts to both capture the history of entrepreneurship through oral histories and collecting, and share Silicon Valley's lessons through exhibitions, live programming, educational experiences, and digital content.

In the first 12 to 18 months, success will be defined by:

- Community: Established CHM as a recognized and trusted institution throughout Silicon Valley's entrepreneurial ecosystem, including founders, venture capitalists, accelerators, universities, service providers, and startup organizations. Launched an active advisory council representing leaders across the innovation ecosystem.
- Funding: Worked in partnership with Development to secure lead philanthropic investments supporting the Entrepreneurship Initiative and establish a multi-year fundraising pipeline.
- Programs & Capture: Completed four major CHM Live entrepreneurship programs, twenty oral histories with founders, investors, and ecosystem leaders,



and established collecting relationships with startups, venture firms, and entrepreneurial organizations.
- Operations: Delivered a comprehensive three-year implementation roadmap that phases exhibitions, programming, collecting, digital initiatives, and staffing.

Responsibilities

Community Embedding & Ecosystem Building (Primary)

- Serve as CHM's highly visible ambassador within Silicon Valley's entrepreneurial ecosystem.
- Build trusted relationships with founders, venture capitalists, startup executives, accelerators, universities, incubators, corporate innovation leaders, and ecosystem partners.
- Convene and manage an influential Entrepreneurship Advisory Council.
- Represent CHM at major startup conferences, venture events, founder gatherings, university programs, and innovation forums.
- Position CHM as the trusted steward of Silicon Valley's entrepreneurial history and culture.

Relationship-Driven Fundraising & Business Development (Primary)

- Partner with CHM's Development team to identify, cultivate, and engage prospective donors and philanthropic partners for the Entrepreneurship Initiative.
- Leverage relationships with founders, investors, technology executives, and family foundations to introduce potential supporters and strategic partners to CHM.




- Contribute programmatic expertise and initiative-specific content to Development-led cases for support, fundraising proposals, and donor materials.
- Identify opportunities for philanthropic investment in exhibitions, collections, educational programs, and digital initiatives, and participate in donor cultivation and solicitation meetings in partnership with Development.
- Establish strategic partnerships with venture firms, accelerators, universities, startup organizations, media partners, and industry associations.

Capture: Entrepreneurship Collections & Oral Histories

- Identify significant opportunities to collect startup archives, founder papers, corporate records, pitch decks, prototypes, venture materials, and other entrepreneurial artifacts.
- Expand CHM's oral history program by securing interviews with founders, investors, executives, advisors, and ecosystem participants.
- Develop long-term preservation partnerships with venture firms, accelerators, startup communities, and entrepreneurial organizations.
- Collaborate with Collections and Curatorial staff to evaluate acquisitions and establish collecting priorities.

Share: Programs, Exhibitions & Public Engagement

- Work closely with the programming team to produce an annual slate of high-profile CHM Live conversations exploring entrepreneurship, innovation, and Silicon Valley.
- Provide expertise to help guide content for development of the Silicon Valley Experience exhibition and related visitor experiences.
- Help to shape docent tours and educational programs.
- Lead development and implementation of entrepreneurship workshops for college and adult groups.
- Assist in developing digital storytell

📌 DIRECTOR, ENTREPRENEURSHIP (Landmark)
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