The second half was a very verbose way to say "it's hard to start a marketplace." Fair enough. It's hard, but there are success stories all the time. Karma +

The second half was a very verbose way to say "it's hard to start a marketplace." Fair enough. It's hard, but there are success stories all the time. Karma + pay-to-be-seen + leverage-blog-fame is one set of infinitely many jump-starting gimmicks. Many potential job hunters won't bite, but the subset that remains might be exactly what certain employers want.