Overview
Associate Founder Jobs in Cairo, Egypt at Mishmish
Title: Associate Founder
Company: Mishmish
Location: Cairo, Egypt
Location: Cairo, Egypt (on-site) · Type: Full-time · Reports to: Founders
Mishmish is a new Cairo-based startup building a healthy pet food subscription service — fresh, quality nutrition for pets, delivered on a recurring plan. We're at day zero: the brand, product, and operations are all being built right now. You'd be the third person in.
This is not a corporate job. You'll be the founder's right hand and do the daily grind that turns an idea into a running business. Some days that's product research, some days it's sitting in a government office getting a permit stamped, some days it's chasing a supplier or packing test orders. You'll get direct exposure to every part of building a company from scratch.
What you'll do
- Product research & execution: research pet nutrition, ingredients, recipes, packaging, and competitors (local and international); coordinate product trials and testing; turn decisions into shipped product
- Regulatory & documentation: handle company registration paperwork, licensing, food safety and veterinary approvals, and any other government processes — including physically going to offices and following up until things are done
- Supplier & partner liaison: identify and negotiate with ingredient suppliers, co-packers/kitchens, packaging vendors, vets, and delivery partners
- Operations: manage day-to-day logistics — sourcing, order fulfillment, delivery coordination, inventory tracking
- General execution: whatever the business needs that week — customer conversations, market research, admin, problem-solving
Who you are
- 0–3 years of experience; hustle and ownership matter more than your CV
- Based in Cairo with the ability to move around the city for meetings, offices, and suppliers
- Fluent in Arabic and English (written and spoken)
- Organized and relentless with follow-ups — bureaucracy doesn't wear you down
- Comfortable with ambiguity, unglamorous work, and figuring things out without a playbook
- Genuine interest in pets/animals is a strong plus; experience in food, FMCG, or logistics is a plus