When you work in startups, you meet a lot of people. Colleagues for a season. People you swap ideas with at meetups. Someone you hit it off with at a parent-teacher night who happens to work in your industry. A friend-of-a-friend at your dream company.

Most of us in the startup world change jobs every two or three years. Chasing growth, new roles, or just dealing with the reality that startups don't always make it. And somewhere in the middle of all that, keeping track of who's doing what falls off the radar.

Then the moment comes when you need your network. Maybe you're looking for your next role. Maybe you just got laid off. And suddenly you realize you haven't talked to half these people in years. You're basically starting from scratch, cold outreaching to people you used to know well.

I kept seeing this play out. Talented people with great networks on paper, but no real system to maintain them. When it was time to make a move, they'd scramble. Digging through old emails, scrolling LinkedIn, copy-pasting applications into spreadsheets that fell apart after a week.

That's why we built Confreres.

Confreres is a personal CRM built specifically for job seekers and career-minded professionals. It helps you invest in those relationships consistently, not just when you need something. So the next time opportunity knocks, your network is warm, organized, and ready.

✅Track your job search without the spreadsheet chaos. A visual kanban board lets you see every job application at a glance. Notes, comments, and history are all in one place.

✅Keep your professional network organized. Import contacts from LinkedIn and Google in one click. Tag recruiters, hiring managers, and colleagues so you always know who's who.

✅Never let relationships go cold. Confreres sends you gentle reminders to check in with people in your network, so you're not only reaching out when you need something.

✅Get warm introductions. Tap into your extended network to request introductions at your target companies. A warm intro is worth a hundred cold applications.

✅Look back and learn. Revisit past job applications; remember who you spoke with, how the process went, whether the hiring manager was respectful, and what you thought at the time. Your career history is no longer scattered across old spreadsheets and email threads.

This is an MLP release, and we’d love to get feedback from the community around the core feature set. We offer a 7-day free trial. Sign up, try it out, let us know what you think!