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This is brilliant! You could even get the hiring companies to pay your rent for the month if they get a hire :) Also, I imagine it will be interesting how pre-

This is brilliant! You could even get the hiring companies to pay your rent for the month if they get a hire :) Also, I imagine it will be interesting how pre-qualify the guest to make sure they are worthy candidates.

npt4279 12y ago
Thanks! I actually think someone should make a business out of this - that would be a cool recruiter! But we're just doing it as a free service to the startups we've funded over at Wefunder.
- clueless123 12y ago
  A similar cool idea would be if someone would create working spaces in awesome locations. that way, a company can pay all my expenses to get there and work (during work hours).. and I get to tour the area, learn the culture, try the food on my freetime/weeekends. First place : Valle Sagrado near Machu-Pichu Peru.
  - npt4279 12y ago
    We actually do that too, once a year: http://startupworkaway.herokuapp.com/ http://startupworkaway.herokuapp.com/
    - clueless123 12y ago
      Dang! The equivalent of those "training" trips that doctors take on the pharmaceutical industry dime :) If someone wants to start this business.. Contact me, I can help implement it for the Peru Location.
sjf 12y ago
That's usually called a relocation bonus.
- pricklepoke 12y ago
  How about we offer a relocation bonus to emergency personnel who work in San Francisco but live in Contra Costa County? http://blog.sfgate.com/cityinsider/2011/04/24/guess-where-most-s-f-police-officers-and-firefighters-live-hint-not-here/ http://blog.sfgate.com/cityinsider/2011/04/24/guess-where-mo... "A third of firefighters live in the city, while 16 percent live in San Mateo County, 11 percent in Sonoma County and 8 percent in Alameda County... This could matter tremendously in an earthquake if emergency responders aren’t able to make it into the city." Remember, the 1989 earthquake happened on a clear, windless day. Not so 1906.
  - narrator 12y ago
    Firefighters in San Francisco have an average pension of over $108,000 for life after they retire[1]. They are doing just fine pay wise. http://blog.sfgate.com/cityinsider/2011/06/19/guess-whats-the-average-san-francisco-city-pension/ http://blog.sfgate.com/cityinsider/2011/06/19/guess-whats-th...
- beachstartup 12y ago
  in web 2.0, everything old is new again!

npt4279 12y ago

Thanks! I actually think someone should make a business out of this - that would be a cool recruiter! But we're just doing it as a free service to the startups we've funded over at Wefunder.

clueless123 12y ago
A similar cool idea would be if someone would create working spaces in awesome locations. that way, a company can pay all my expenses to get there and work (during work hours).. and I get to tour the area, learn the culture, try the food on my freetime/weeekends. First place : Valle Sagrado near Machu-Pichu Peru.
- npt4279 12y ago
  We actually do that too, once a year: http://startupworkaway.herokuapp.com/ http://startupworkaway.herokuapp.com/
  - clueless123 12y ago
    Dang! The equivalent of those "training" trips that doctors take on the pharmaceutical industry dime :) If someone wants to start this business.. Contact me, I can help implement it for the Peru Location.

sjf 12y ago

That's usually called a relocation bonus.

pricklepoke 12y ago
How about we offer a relocation bonus to emergency personnel who work in San Francisco but live in Contra Costa County? http://blog.sfgate.com/cityinsider/2011/04/24/guess-where-most-s-f-police-officers-and-firefighters-live-hint-not-here/ http://blog.sfgate.com/cityinsider/2011/04/24/guess-where-mo... "A third of firefighters live in the city, while 16 percent live in San Mateo County, 11 percent in Sonoma County and 8 percent in Alameda County... This could matter tremendously in an earthquake if emergency responders aren’t able to make it into the city." Remember, the 1989 earthquake happened on a clear, windless day. Not so 1906.
- narrator 12y ago
  Firefighters in San Francisco have an average pension of over $108,000 for life after they retire[1]. They are doing just fine pay wise. http://blog.sfgate.com/cityinsider/2011/06/19/guess-whats-the-average-san-francisco-city-pension/ http://blog.sfgate.com/cityinsider/2011/06/19/guess-whats-th...
beachstartup 12y ago
in web 2.0, everything old is new again!