cmurphea

Re:Ask HN: Review my startup on Monday September 12, 2011 @03:07PM (#2988484)

Yeah, working on creating the demo. I'm just trying to sort out in advance what OTS tools I need (or whether this is something I can even do independently with no technical skills) to create an 8tracks style search feature.

Thanks for the comment on the video. I just took some of the most recent videos I had shot and edited them together on final cut pro.

Pass it around if you know of anyone who might find this interesting! Id love to see it get some traction on hackernews!

Re:Ask HN: Review my startup on Monday September 12, 2011 @01:47PM (#2988169)

Also (I dont think I mentioned this in the post), I'm prototyping it by focusing on green jobs (and specifically cleantech and green buildings) in the bay area. I figure I need to narrow it down to make a prototype like this relevant. Again, thanks for the comments!

Re:Ask HN: Review my startup on Monday September 12, 2011 @01:45PM (#2988165)

There have been about 40 interviews so far. I've refined the process a good deal so that they actual interview and editing process is pretty quick and easy. But, increasingly, I'm looking to work with companies or conferences to gather content in bulk. I plan on getting another 40 interview over the next month before I launch the beta.

Re:Ask HN: Review my startup on Monday September 12, 2011 @12:47PM (#2987928)

Thanks! Eager to hear thoughts on search functionality, and whether an 8tracks style UI and functionality would make sense for this.

Ask HN: Review my startup

Posted by cmurphea on Monday September 12, 2011 @12:28PM
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I'm working on a startup idea, zoomforth.com , which I envision to be where a non-traditional Vault Guide meets vimeo. Basically, I want to create a career search engine that profiles jobs through thousands of videos of short informational interviews, and provides users a search tool that uses tagged values to expose users to appropriate jobs. Ultimately, Id like it to be largely user sourced...

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Ask HN: Review my startup, zoomforth.com

Posted by cmurphea on Thursday September 08, 2011 @12:20PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I'm working on a startup idea which I envision to be where a non-traditional Vault Guide meets vimeo. Basically, I want to create a career search engine that profiles jobs through thousands of videos of short informational interviews, and provides users a search tool that uses tagged values to expose users to appropriate jobs.In addition to general reactions to the idea, I'd love to get...

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Re:Bootstrapping a $30k profit/month company from our undergrad intern... on Friday September 02, 2011 @04:36PM (#2955489)

agreed. while typically i dont follow multi-part blog series, i'd also probably never visit the site/blog again were it not for the the cliff hanger and i found this interesting enough that ill flag it and follow up. good stuff guys!