We have Blind but its sole purpose is not for job referrals. What about a platform where you can anonymously list your credentials and list a referral you are offering for either company or job. And you can search and “match” with other people who either are offering a referral that you are seeking or whose qualifications fit the company/role that you are offering a referral too. Don’t say LinkedIn because half the recruiters/people you reach out to on LinkedIn probably won’t respond. This app will be specifically targeted to exchange of referrals and provide a streamlined interface to connect with people in a mutually beneficial way. To avoid people from taking advantage, it will have an honor system where you need to give referrals in order to receive them. Ie - you can view people/referral offers but it will have some sort of credit system to actually chat with the person based on the number of referrals you gave (or buy more credits with $$$). Go ahead and poke any holes in this idea. Tell me why it will fail.
Out of 5000 registered users I am curious on MAU. It is not for profit site. This concept is what I am thinking of but with a better UI and better execution
Sure go for it. We will see
Too many takers, almost nil givers, you give selectively and get blamed for being partial, most people dont want to do it for free
That’s why limit the DMs (similar to Blind) and then have a public credit based system on # of referrals given / offered to receive more credits to DM. Offers a gamified approach where more activity (referring others) earns you more credit for your own benefit (to get referrals) which cycles. And of course option to buy chats with $
How to identify if referral was given but say it didn't result in interview, will it reduce credit still. What if I exhausted all dms but no one agreed to give referral
There was rooftop slushie and there is one called repher or something
These competitors barely have traction, the average engineer in tech probably has not heard of either of these.
So they can do marketing and still be ahead of you