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Requires a Linkedin profile to sign up!? Really!? There are so many reasons that is a stupid idea.

After clicking through the initial screen I felt like I been had. Good idea, but I don't like being put into a form that requires me to look up info that isn't immediately available off the top of my head.

True, but most people that would be hired by the startups listed would. No?

This kind of site annoys me no end. I'm not sure if a LinkedIn profile is required (the text field says "or link to resume/CV"). If it does that's stupid,

You also need to repeat yourself. It asks your current position (on the same page!), time there and primary skill. Um, isn't that on my CV? If you're standardizing on LinkedIn, shouldn't you be smart enough to prase that information?

This kind of site seems to be promoting itself on the illusion of exclusivity. You need to be invited (OMG will they let me in?!?!?!) based on the premise that they have startup jobs. But do they? How many? Why can't I just browse them? Good jobs sell themselves.

What's more, recruitment doesn't work like this. The primary means of finding work, particularly in smaller companies is (in my experience) referrals. You'll often find this with (particularly early stage) companies: the team know each other.

Secondly this promise of early access is most often associated with unethical recruiting practices lime CV harvesting, particularly without any evidence of the number or type of jobs allegedly available (prer-invitation).

Basically the are better options than this at finding these kinds of jobs.

most of that list look like they're in the betaworks/lerer-ventures family

http://lererventures.com/companies.html http://betaworks.com/investments.php

then again it could just be because kenny has money in everything in the city