December 2011
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What it's like to work at... 10gen
How did you get a job at 10gen? My name is Brandon Diamond, and I’m a Database Kernel Engineer at 10gen. I’m very active in the startup community having served as the producer of the NY Tech Meetup; I’m also involved in several other groups including the Hacker Union (HackerUnion.org) as well as the Brown University NYC Meetup. The emphasis I’ve placed on community...
November 2011
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Financing For Startups
Found this brilliant read about how startups are getting funded nowadays on Business Insider:
There are lots of trends people have been talking about in tech financing—“superangels”; delayed IPOs; secondary market sales; and more.
But so far, few people have been putting the dots together: the entire financing landscape for companies is changing.
And, excitingly,...
October 2011
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Making Changes...
We’ve seen some significant growth over the past few months since our launch and have been featured in some top tech publications, we’ve also worked with some excellent startups and have helped them find prime talent. We’ve been absolutely pleased with how things have been going lately and in a bid to keep users happy, we had put in place an open door policy. We asked and...
September 2011
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What Unemployment? Nothing like that in United...
The New York Times recently reported a zero job growth in the US in August 2011 with surveys finding that job growth over the past 3 months were at 35,000, a far cry from the 90,000 jobs expected to keep up with the growing work force. Don’t mention this in the software industry especially startups, the situation is almost the complete opposite with demand for qualified engineers more than...
August 2011
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Looking for your feedback.
First and foremost, we want to thank everyone who reads this blog, subscribes to receive our jobs and the startups who trust us with their job openings. It’s been an amazing 2 months so far and things are going great. College2Startup wants to be the number 1 destination for anyone looking to work at a startup, and we believe we have started well.
We value the input of our users and always...
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When your city doesn't have a lot of 'startup...
When it comes to startups, there are some cities that just completely outshine every other city in every department: number of startups, available engineering talent, groups of investors, community of early adopters and press etc. San Francisco bay area and NYC are the top two in the US at the moment, infact it is pretty evident even on College2Startup. About 70% of the jobs submitted to us are...
July 2011
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5 things to keep in mind when hiring for your...
More startups are hiring everyday, infact there are more than 2,000 startup jobs posted on Craigslist alone - not to include other job sites. Competition for the best available talent in sky high and startups need to get creative and really dig deep to find people who can deliver when the chips are down. Hiring for startups has become so difficult, that we have started noticing a trend where some...
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Why your startup needs to use College2Startup
Let’s face it, majority of startups don’t know where to go to find potential hires. As a result, most resort to trying to tap up other companies’ engineers, go on Craigslist to post jobs, send job descriptions out on Monster and CareerBuilder, and what do you get in return? tens to hundreds of junk applications or resumes from job seekers who aren’t qualified. The problem...
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How To Stand Out from other Startup Job Applicants
With startups, things are usually done differently. The hiring process is different, office culture isn’t the same as you’ll find at megacorps and most times the work hours are tougher. Rarely do you find startups that abide by the 9-5 rule, infact in the job description sent out at most startups, they tell you “You must have the entrepreneurial spirit and willing to make this...
June 2011
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New startup series
We want to share the startup story with everyone who cares to listen, and many of us are always keen to see what it’s like working at a particular startup. We are launching a new series called “What it’s like working at my startup”, where employees of various startups share stories about where they work. We want the juicy details: what the team does to relax, the office...
No need to stop school for a startup dream
There has been a lot of argument for and against stopping school to start a startup. Getting an education has always been prestigious because it opens doors for you, it helps you get a great job, it gives you immediate ‘substance and credibility’ in the eyes of most people you interact with. So why all of a sudden has it started losing it’s prestige and got people wondering if...
The two types of startups: Lifestyle and growth
There are two types of startups essentially: Lifestyle and growth. Deciding which one you want to join or start is important before even going into it. Some people start companies because they want it to support them and bring in a salary for them, basically supporting their lifestyle. That’s what is referred to as a Lifestyle startup. On the other hand, there is the startup that is built to...
How To Find A Job at a Startup
When we first created College2Startup, our primary objective was to make sure we put as many startup jobs in front of as many eyeballs as possible. We also knew right off the bat that we needed to educate people on a lot of intricacies of the startup world. Finding a job could be an easy decision, but finding ‘a startup job’ is a much different proposition. I once heard a founder...
The Battle for Startup Talent. What gives
Startups are always looking for qualified employees, startup jobs are very different from most jobs be it technical or non-technical and as a result the demand for the very best has always been sky high. A few weeks ago we read another story of a startup offering new employees up to $10,000 upfront and some other excellent perks. It’s not surprising. With startups (early stage ones), it has...
Why You Should Absolutely Work for a Startup
OH: “Startups are a whirlwind, you are more likely to fail than succeed, but you are bound to leave with broader shoulders.”
I once heard that quote at a startup meetup in NYC and I completely agree. It’s the main reason I desperately wanted to join a startup right out of college. I remember finishing my last year and having to mull over an offer from Oil giants – Schlumberger. It was a brilliant...
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And here we go with College2Startup
It’s been a ‘not so long’ ride actually, but somehow we’ve managed to come up with college2startup and put it out early. We always wanted to get the work done and release it early since it’s about the same time schools are letting out. Majority of the applicants that will be coming from college2startup are recent college graduates or undergrads looking to join a startup, hence why we are...