HackerBracket: eHarmony for Hackers and Tech Companies

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20 points·henryboldi··7 comments

I feel like I've seen this about a hundred times with different names. Founder dating, engineer->company dating, etc.

Tends to suffer from the same problem as dating sites. Instead of 90% men and no women, it's 90% MBAs and Recruiters and no talent.

>it's 90% MBAs and Recruiters and no talent.

Probably because having talent in the tech industry makes it relatively very easy to get hired. These sites are trying to solve a mostly non-existent problem.

Our little niche is we get the hackers signed up when they signup for hackathons. Big university hackathons need a lot of value to keep the cash rollin' in from sponsors.

I think you guys should make the "hackathon" piece more prominent, I think that's your main value proposition. Otherwise, to someone who doesn't immediately realize the hackathon niche being a part of it, it seems like yet another LinkedIn type website for developers.

I agree.

In fact, I think ditch the whole "eHarmony for ..." metaphor, and go for more of a "From Hackathon to Dream Career" kind of thing.

Admittedly that's not a very poetic line, but it better portrays your vibe and doesn't make me react "another OKCoFounder/FounderDating/WhiteTruffle/etc ughh im not looking for an MBA/where are the coders?"

Yes, this guy and keerthiko are right. Good advice.

How is this different from whitetruffle?

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