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Very cool.

I would invest it in startups. Which is the best way to foster innovation and job growth.

That is an excellent point!

Great post. I would also say: 1) don't get caught up in any one name 2) having too descriptive of a name can be disastrous as you won't have as much flexibility 3) have fun with it!

Some speakers can get away with it, whether as a form of humor or setting completely unreal expectations (ie. I am not prepared, but then blows the audience away with their knowledge).

Normal people can't do it (which most certainly includes myself!)

A great way to find which one to focus on is: 1) Ask yourself which would be more fun for you to do? 2) Chat with the people that could use whatever you are building to get their thoughts (but be sure to talk to people who you don't know, as "only positive feedback" will give you the wrong conclusion. 3) Rate each project on an easy to hard scale and then weight them against 1 & 2 above.

If you do decide to work together, be sure to have a strong legal agreement between you two. Especially, if you bring them on as a co-founder.

Key points: - Stock vesting - Dispute resolution - Out clause - the usual boiler plate

Otherwise, if things don't work out (and if they are a friend, it can get nasty) you want to have a clear plan that everyone has agreed to.

What is the business model behind this? This sounds like a nifty little feature, but not a business.

Horizontal. Though, vertical tends to have better short term results.

Way to go Kabir Shahani of Appature Inc. Founded w/ $4,000 in cash. Amazing what can be done with little to no cash!

No problem on my end! Thankfully.

I think the best thing to do is to introduce them to as many people as possible so that they can meet face-to-face. Obviously, it has to be a match for skill set, personality type, role, etc.

People simply relate better to direct meetings. They can put a face to a name and have a much better understanding of the person who is looking for a job.

Also, it is simply a lot harder to tell someone no to their face :-)

Thanks noodle! I run nPost (http://www.npost.com) and definitely appreciate the good feedback.

There are lots of job boards out there, but only a few that are solely focused on the tech startup community, such as nPost and Startuply. Both only make the community stronger.

Startuply has a great site and we wish them the best.

Nathan Kaiser nathan [at] npost [.] com

I run nPost and would welcome feedback on the site. We try and focus solely on tech startup jobs. We also featured over 200 interviews that we have done with startups including Disqus, and others.

If you would like to contact me you can do so at nathan (at) npost (dot) com.

I know this person and the people doing the conference and trust them both. Feel free to contact me directly nathan (at) npost (.) com if you have any questions.

I will be there! Will be great for local startups to get some great information on how to form a company, building it up, etc.

It gets interesting when they start offering commercial services around it. What a great platform for project teams, or even disaster notifications (civil services), etc. It would be great for emergency services to coordinate their activities. However, that is assuming that it can handle the volume without going down!

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