I just wrote a short sourcing post on matchFWD. It’s a very simple trick I’ve been using to identify mostly developers and designers out of my network. It works for a much broader range of occupation but it’s probably particularly good for theses guys. So picture this, what if every time you find a potential [...]
Categories: Techno & Web
I’ve been working with software engineers for 13 years, more often than not as one of them. They come in various shapes and types but often as slightly introverted people. Not always the most talkative. They’re smart people, so if they have a problem, they will talk about it. But if not, they often just [...]
Categories: Software Development,Techno & Web
This is going to sounds like the most obvious advice ever, but it’s not. And you might think it comes from a master of procrastination, and it kinda does. When you find yourself working on a difficult task for an extended period of time with none or little progress, your morale take a hit. One [...]
Categories: Techno & Web
Here’s how I feel about starting up a techno company with a so-called innovative idea after 5 months. The tone is a bit different than after the first month. You are stressed all the time. You get pity look once a week. Would happen more often if you’d leave the office more. You feel pressured to launch [...]
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Have you recently the check the list of apps with access to your Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook account ? Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn are now the most common authentication methods used to access apps and products online, without having to fill up yet another profile. The thing is, if you are like me, you sign [...]
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Working (a bit/lot) on our social recruiting startup : matchFWD. Here’s some news about it.
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We need data for @matchFWD. A lot. We need data to help us suggest the best talent matches for an open job opportunity to our connectors. We’re only 2 developers, and I spend too much time not coding so we need help. There’s currently 2 API that buzzed trying to evaluate influence, reach, reputation and authority [...]
Categories: Conversations and marketing,Online Reputation Monitoring,Software Development
It’s now been way over a month since I left the corporate world to jump on this new adventure. Might seems short, but time is when you know your runway length, how fast the market is heating up and you see your arbitrary deadlines coming up. It’s enough to learn a few lessons that I’ll [...]
Categories: Productivity,Techno & Web
I just read Fred Wilson post on Talent and Bandwidth where he states the obvious need for NYC startups to be recruiting students for internships and great jobs. He mentions a very interesting program called HackNY whose goal is to Establish a sustainable, repeatable summer program matching computationally and quantitatively expert NYC students with NYC [...]
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