Anybody Available To Talk?

[Michael Pedersen]

Thanks to +Michael Bernstein and his posts about #LeanStartup, I'm finding myself questioning whether or not my business idea is a good one. I'm looking to start up a company that will fit between the offerings of Monster and LinkedIn.

Anybody available over the next two weeks for a short interview? I'd be conducting them between 9pm and midnight eastern time. Let me know if you're willing.

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[Carlos Daniel Ruvalcaba Valenzuela]

On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 7:56 AM, Michael Pedersen <m.ped...@icelus.org> wrote:
> Thanks to +Michael Bernstein and his posts about #LeanStartup, I'm finding
> myself questioning whether or not my business idea is a good one. I'm
> looking to start up a company that will fit between the offerings of Monster
> and LinkedIn.

I think it depends very much on the market and the level of the
offering, there is certainly space to improve, HR and recruiting is
big currently, you could perhaps sketch your business model canvas so
you can get a clear picture if your plan is workable.

We did some work on this exact same project, our conclusion was that
resume sites are a bit crowded but there is still space for better
offerings, but even then we doubted it could be a good plan, we came
up with a better idea to marry this site with some recruiting, this
has been in all rage lately and there is still lot of space to work in
this area.

I could recommend you some lectures such as The Lean Startup by Eric
Ries (or his blog Startup Lessons Learned), Business Model Generation
by Alexander Osterwalder, the Steve Blank blog. Hacker News
(news.ycombinator.com) is basically a startup news hub.

Regards.
Carlos Daniel Ruvalcaba Valenzuela

[Michael Pedersen]

I still think I've got something workable. It might not be, but I think I do. That's why I want to talk to people. I'm only thinking about 15 to 20 minutes of people's time, and I'll wind up with a much better plan as to what to do.

I will ask this, though: Can you send me any of that research you did? I've not found a lot of places to do what I'm talking about. I'd like to review some of the other resume sites that I've *not* found or heard about, and see if I'm wasting my time.

Carlos Daniel Ruvalcaba Valenzuela

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[Carlos Daniel Ruvalcaba Valenzuela]

> I will ask this, though: Can you send me any of that research you did? I've
> not found a lot of places to do what I'm talking about. I'd like to review
> some of the other resume sites that I've *not* found or heard about, and see
> if I'm wasting my time.

Sure, I'll try to mail it to you once I get home.

Regards,
Carlos Daniel Ruvalcaba Valenzuela

[Michael Pedersen]

Thanks! I appreciate it.

Carlos Daniel Ruvalcaba Valenzuela

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[Mark Ramm]

I'm willing. Not sure if I'm helpful, but I'm willing ;)

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[Michael Pedersen]

Haven't seen anything yet. Were you able to find that info, Carlos?

Carlos Daniel Ruvalcaba Valenzuela

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[Michael Pedersen]

I know you'd be helpful, Mark. Do you have a preferred day we could chat? Since I'm working, and they're not TG fans, I need to do it after hours, obviously.

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[Carlos Daniel Ruvalcaba Valenzuela]

I apologize for "disappearing", I have been under great stress because
a ridiculous downtime of almost a week now from my ISP with no
satisfactory response from their support, unfortunately in my country
there this company has a near complete monopoly and there is not much
to be done. I'm connecting sporadically until my home/office network
is up again.

I will try to get up to date with the jinja problems and new changes,
I had a few ideas and improvements.

I did not have the document from our business plan, however, I do have
hard copies of the business model generation phase, I'll put a list of
the insights we gathered from our testing as soon as I have some time.

[Michael Pedersen]

No apologies necessary at all, Carlos. I can fully understand the issue you're experiencing.

When you have time, I'll appreciate whatever you can do. Until then, don't worry, and I hope things improve for you soon.

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