3 ms·

This sounds like a really interesting idea outside of just jobs. For example, I would really love to use this service for market or industry research. I tried t

This sounds like a really interesting idea outside of just jobs. For example, I would really love to use this service for market or industry research. I tried to sign up, but there's a form that requires me to enter a bunch of info related to job-seeking. I'm not sure why that's necessary if all I want to do is pay to talk to people in companies? Also a few nitpicks: The frontpage sign up didn't work for me on Firefox and there's a 24 char max password length, which shouldn't be necessary if you're hashing passwords.

dchhugani 8y ago
Thank you! We are changing the onboarding flow to make it simpler to just book a call and not have to give us all that data unless you're about to book it. However, we are laser-focused on job hunting because otherwise we'll suffer the same fate of everyone who's tried similar ideas: losing focus. There are 1,000 things you can ask professionals inside companies - by starting focused on careers it's easier to market and attract the right audience and get our supply used to those kinds of interactions as well. Industry & market research is more like GLG - and that can be much more complex from a regulatory standpoint (i.e. insider trading).
- jameslk 8y ago
  Makes sense regarding trying to focus on a niche and scale up. It's very hard solving the chicken and egg problem for marketplaces, I've been there before. As for regulatory concern, I'm not familiar with the laws, but is it really your responsibility to prevent things like insider trading? It doesn't seem like it would be any different from someone just waiting outside of a company's office to approach its employees.
  - dchhugani 8y ago
    Exactly on chicken & egg - but we feel the hyper local approach is a really actionable way to solve it, we're already seeing it work in our niche. It's not really our responsibility at all, even to make sure people abide by company policies or to prevent insider trading. I still however answer all these questions because we think about the ethical implications a lot and we thought through everything in detail before choosing this model. I'm comfortable with the risks, I believe the rewards far outweigh them. Thank you!

dchhugani 8y ago

Thank you! We are changing the onboarding flow to make it simpler to just book a call and not have to give us all that data unless you're about to book it. However, we are laser-focused on job hunting because otherwise we'll suffer the same fate of everyone who's tried similar ideas: losing focus. There are 1,000 things you can ask professionals inside companies - by starting focused on careers it's easier to market and attract the right audience and get our supply used to those kinds of interactions as well. Industry & market research is more like GLG - and that can be much more complex from a regulatory standpoint (i.e. insider trading).

jameslk 8y ago
Makes sense regarding trying to focus on a niche and scale up. It's very hard solving the chicken and egg problem for marketplaces, I've been there before. As for regulatory concern, I'm not familiar with the laws, but is it really your responsibility to prevent things like insider trading? It doesn't seem like it would be any different from someone just waiting outside of a company's office to approach its employees.
- dchhugani 8y ago
  Exactly on chicken & egg - but we feel the hyper local approach is a really actionable way to solve it, we're already seeing it work in our niche. It's not really our responsibility at all, even to make sure people abide by company policies or to prevent insider trading. I still however answer all these questions because we think about the ethical implications a lot and we thought through everything in detail before choosing this model. I'm comfortable with the risks, I believe the rewards far outweigh them. Thank you!