New Y Combinator startup Startuply launches today. It’s a free job listing service aimed squarely at small startups, which have a lot of trouble getting the attention of new engineering graduates over the noise of the brand recognition and recruiting efforts of larger companies like Google and Microsoft.
Startuply is actually a fresh relaunch of Jowba, which originally launched in 2007. Founders Luke Groesbeck, Ben Wong and Loc Ngo took Y Combinator funding, rebranded (they say users couldn’t pronounce or spell Jowba consistently) and redesigned the site from the ground up.
The focus is still the same: let any startup create a detailed profile of their company to give prospective employees an idea of what the company is like, and then let them list jobs for free.
Startuply has advanced search options that let users search by startup, job type, city, investors and other criteria. And companies can add a job widget with a search function on their websites, giving them an incentive to just list all of their jobs on the site.
The site is a good hiring tool for startups, and having lots of startups centralize hiring activities in one place is a good way to drive traffic to all company listings. It needs a jump start to get going, however, which is something the original Jowba failed to achieve. The new name, design and, most importantly Y Combinator community may give it the lift it needs. As of today there are over 600 job listings on the site from 166 different startups.
Once the community gets going there will be all kinds of ways for Startuply to make money - the obvious way is through premium listing options.
Very nice!
I like the idea of supporting startups with human resource solutions. I think Startuply is more than just a tool to recruit new blood for the company. It could also be a community for startups since the site is focused on startups alone. Will be interesting to see how it grows.
- Darren Lee
AdExcel.com (in alpha)
Such a tiny niche… and a niche full of people who are penny-pinching. Yeah, makes sense.
Couldn’t those new engineering grads read Craigslist or even the tech ads on the top Web 2.0 blogs - and get a sizable amount of job prospects?
What are the top web 2.0 blogs?
Thanks for the heads up!
Eric
Nice site, but for me as a EU-citizen…is it possible to get a US Visa to work for a (small)startup?
Have them apply for an H1B visa for you …
Johan, Luke from Startuply here. There are some European startups on Startuply, too, and we’re definitely looking to build out our European presence. You can find them easily by going to the “startup companies tab” and selecting Europe under the “Browse by Region” heading.
You should try http://www.ventureloop.com. They have a lot of jobs listed at international startups.
This is a nice site for those interested in the startup community like myself. I’m surprised to find the grouping of startups that exists in San Francisco area. Overall, well done Startuply.
@Darren, will be interesting indeed.
I was about to say we don’t need another http://www.startupers.com but the guys at Startuply did a sharp job. The rollover job browser rocks.
Sign up process failed with horrible errors. Maybe they thought the techcrunch article wasn’t going to be posted until the morning.
@Logan, thanks for checking us out.
Which browser, version, os are you running on? Any information you can provide us with will be helpful - we’ll make sure it’s resolved. Thanks!
It eventually worked. First try, no visible errors, but the confirm email never came. Second try, no visible errors, and the email came 1 hour later. Third try, ugly error - Apache error I think. Fourth try worked. OS X, FF 3.01. Aside from sign up - I love the site. Keep up the good work.
Couldn’t sign up as well, got a Runtime error :s, i am using Firefox 3.0…
@Razan, we’ve just addressed some common registration error problems. Thanks for your patience!
would be nice to be able to post yourself as a candidate too, even nicer would be some sort of matching feature to link the job to the candidate.
@Ed - we’re working on it!
i know where this sites going “deadpool”
No, not deadpool. It will be relaunched after next years Y Combinator…
This is a re-launch under another name. I think they need to widen their market - seems too narrow at the moment. Maybe the relaunch was the best time to do that.
Just a thought, but isn’t there a way to combine the Crunchbase API and Startuply somehow?
Great idea, hopefull will help me find a few people !
Thanks for all the thoughts folks. There’s a feedback box on the left side of startuply.com, too, and we’d love to hear more about what you think!
Great idea if you need new people
Nice work! Fills a nice niche!
FYI in my Windows at 1024 by 768 there is a horizontal scrollbar.
Thanks Ryan - we’re working on this, too! As they say: “release early, release often.”
this is a great idea !! it is difficult for startups nowadays to find people they deserve
brian
http://www.themostpowerfulcompany.com
Our company http://www.leapways.com also has lot of tech jobs from startup companies. We primarily focus on US market. Apart from just job posting, we have end to end recruting solution. Please contact us at info@leapways.com for more details.
seems like something Arrington will either invest in or try to copy somewhere along the line.
Kinda like our site - did they copy our concept… hmmm?
HotStartupJobs.com
Looks like you guys copied Alltop for Startup jobs yourself.
Our version is jobs.alltop.com, but we don’t focus on jobs at startups.
Guy
Thanks Guy for the support. HotStartupJobs.com just focus on startup jobs.
Startuply.com can eventually expand into providing services such as news, entrepreneur related resource and etc. I can see that.
Don’t get me wrong, I do like it. Perhaps, you guys can buy us out one day. Hahah…
Best of luck.
John
twitter.com/developr
it’s pretty tough to find a job on your site and alltop (your search isn’t working for me on ff3). A page with with links to job postings all over the place isn’t much use unless you can refine them by location. On the plus side, the site looks nice.
VentureLoop (http://www.ventureloop.com/) is also trying to provide jobs for startups by focusing on jobs available through VC’s.
nice site
Also check out standoutjobs.com. They got over 2M in funding.
1) Get $15K from YC
2) Get on TC
3) ????
4) Profit!
When I’m ready to look for people who want to work at startups, this is the site I would choose first. Love the hover feature for browsing jobs.
sweet site. Next time I am looking for a job, this will be the first place I look
Cool site! Just posted 4 positions on it.
Lets see if it’s better then crunchboard. Not sure why TC moved the jobs section away from the front page, I think that was a bad idea. It makes it hard for these smart folks who don’t need a job to stumble on while having coffee in the morning.
Sweet! We have a nice little free job widget, too, that you can use to feature your jobs on your company & employee blogs - check it out at http://startuply.com/apps. And please feel free to reach out anytime.
This is a great resource! We have been hard pressed to find talented programmers, and have gone through Craigslist and various university job boards. Glad to have another place to look!
Sick design and great usability! Very impressive guys.
jowba?
jobua is more fun. I like the site my roommate is making for the company we both work more.. whether it ever gets popular or not due us not having connections with any shark sites on the net is another question.. let me know how jobspath.com could be advertised other than through posting on human resource sites and google adwords with around 8,000 budget over 3 month course.. any ideas? the site was built by using a jobberbase engine but my roomie also added post resume function and tweaked the design for usability a bit
why come I don’t see a search box when I visit the site?
The search box should show up in the left column. Is it not showing up on your screen? You can always reach out to us at support AT startuply DOT com.
Thanks for giving it a spin!
working now, thanks!
You guys post breathlessly whenever Twitter burps - something that isn’t vital to … well, anyone - but when Amazon S3 croaks and damages tons of startups, we’re met with radio silence?
Anxiously awaiting your post on the developing Amazon S3 story.
I prefer http://Startupers.com They pioneered this niche.
There have actually been startup job sites around for years, but startupers is cool too. Unlike Startuply, external recruiters can post jobs on Startupers, which gives it a unique flavor.
I think this is a problem that hasn’t been successfully solved yet. Startuply is well on their way to fixing that problem. The design is fresh and allows for a lot of information for people looking to find the startup right for them. Seems that it can be very helpful for startups looking to hire as well (widget is a nice touch). If they can get some companies to find some good hires from their site early on, that will lead to good things for these guys.
Typo in title: relauches ? Unless relauches is the new Web 2.0 way of describing Starups
clearly, its supposed to be “relunches”
Before going to an interview go to wikihours to see interview questions.
And don’t forget to go back after the interview to donate the riddles you have been riddled
A startup focused job site is definitely good idea. I meet lots of people who say that they’d prefer to work at a startup mostly for the different lifestyle and energy in that kind of environment. Now if that holds true if they have a choice between Google or Microsoft is another story.
Good to hear that. Have them try out HotStartupJobs.com
John
seriously? learn how to spell. .amateur hour.
that’s a really cool idea.. didn’t know avec startupers either, but I like the concept.
I hope for them that the niche has sufficient drive to keep them afloat.
nice niche site….we shall be posting open AudioMicro http://www.audiomicro.com positions soon….good luck to Startuply
It doesn’t seem to solve teh problem of does the management team have a clue about data models, revenue models and relevancy???
Did I miss something?
This site does seem to serve a nice well defined niche. Hopefully if successful there will be more potential applicants on the site.
man so many fake kudos to this site…probably all these 15k kids working for YC….give me a break, this is not innovation, anyone can build this site in a day
This has been done already! It’s in the fuckin Deadpool too!
starting in a niche is smart, but this one seems awfully small… nevertheless, I have added you guys to http://www.internetinc.com/job-board-launches
Best wishes!
Eric
Here is another take on the idea.
http://jobnickel.com/news/job-.....startuply/
There is an also freshly launched german equivalent: http://gruenderluft.de
Interesting that the some idea pops up at different regions at the same time. There seems to be a need…