- Startups - SendGrid Startup of the Week #3 - Pablo Fuentes and Sean Falconer of Proven
00:30 Welcome to SendGrid Startup of the Week! SendGrid was gracious enough to sponsor this program to support new entrepreneurs. Everyone thank @sendgrid for helping to get the entrepreneurial community thriving!
2:30 With me today from Proven are Sean Falconer and Pablo Fuentes.
3:00 How much did you pay for the domain name?
4:00 Did you have back-up names you were thinking of using?
4:45 Do investors take you more seriously when you come in with a great domain name?
5:30 Why did you build Proven?
8:30 Take me through the site, what are we looking at?
10:15 Pablo: It matters a lot to small business that people have worked at a company similar to theirs, so this saves them time when checking out past businesses.
11:15 Is it at all a controversial decision to show a person's photo?
12:00 Do the photos influence hiring decisions?
13:30 Do you have a mobile version?
14:00 Looking at the mobile site.
16:00 Is geo-targeting on the roadmap?
16:45 Can you add a qualification test or quiz to this?
19:15 Is this your first startup? Were you part of an incubator or accelerator?
19:45 What's your AngelList experience been like?
21:00 Would you compensate Naval and AngelList if you could for the service they provide?
21:45 Do you worry about the market and the bubble bursting?
22:45 If you're successful 5 years from now, what one statement will be true?
23:30 Pablo and Sean, you guys are off to a great start and I wish you continued success.
24:15 Everyone check out proven.com and if you're an angel investor, check them out on http://angel.co. And follow them @hireproven.
25:00 Thanks again to SendGrid for their support! Thank them @SendGrid.
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Jason: @jason
Pablo: @rotarypayphone
Sean: @seanfalconer
Proven: @hireproven
SendGrid: @sendgrid