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SmartHires.io

A candidate referral network between startups

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Christian Kletzl
@christiankletzl · Co-Founder UserGems.com
Founder of SmartHires here. I wanted to share a little back story. When I was recruiting for my first startup, I basically had no engineering network in the US. In order to get applicants, I asked my friends to refer candidates who were great, but not the right fit for them. The people I met through this were fantastic, which is why we decided to "profession… See more

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Christian Kletzl
@christiankletzl · Co-Founder UserGems.com
Founder of SmartHires here. I wanted to share a little back story. When I was recruiting for my first startup, I basically had no engineering network in the US. In order to get applicants, I asked my friends to refer candidates who were great, but not the right fit for them. The people I met through this were fantastic, which is why we decided to "profession… See more
Jack Smith
@_jacksmith · Serial Entrepreneur & Startup Adviser
This sounds like a great idea; but the proposed pricing model sounds pretty messed up. Why should SmartHires get a 10% hiring fee for not doing anything RE the sourcing of the candidates? That would be a strong disincentive for portfolio companies to use it imho. scenario 1) a startup just shares a resume with a VC firm portfolio mailing list. Another compa… See more
Saul Fleischman
@osakasaul · RiteKit Founder & CEO
@christiankletzl - looking at the site, I'm interested, but (like most startups), we're bootstrapped. Not even interested in VC. What we have to offer are our intern alumni. What we want are more of what we already get: intern candidates who would consider an unpaid internship.
Bram Kanstein (@bramk)
@bramk · Creator of @startupstash
@christiankletzl you have 3 broken images on the homepage (companies) ;)
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Ryan Hoover
@rrhoover · Founder, Product Hunt
This is quite a pivot from ShelfFlip, @christiankletzl and @stephankletzl. How did you make the decision to do something different? On a related note, @daniellemorrill wrote a fantastic piece on Zombie Startups a while ago before starting Mattermark.