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You may want to reach out to the founders of HackerRank (S11) via bookface or whatever if you haven't already. They started with what sounds like a similar busi
by tfehring 8y ago
You may want to reach out to the founders of HackerRank (S11) via bookface or whatever if you haven't already. They started with what sounds like a similar business model (and got turned down by YC) before pivoting to their current model. I'm not affiliated with them in any way - I just happened to listen to a YC podcast featuring one of the founders last week (and Baader-Meinhof has been hitting me hard since then).
- dchhugani 8y agoI heard this podcast too! I've also heard of people trying similar ideas. I have many strong opinions on why it didn't work for them and others. The main reason for Hacker Rank (And he says it in the podcast) is that in India the money you make per session is insignificant to build a business on vs. the US - and they didn't start focused enough on a few companies or an industry. It was just "software engineers" at large. It still might not work - like I say below, our guiding compass is happy users + growing numbers and we try not to bias ourselves with what others have / haven't done. In true PG fashion I hope!