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Show HN: Cujobay – A Modern Alternative to Crunchbase

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Post by lukasfoisy »

I’m often asking myself What was the name of that startup doing X?

So I decided to build a directory of startups, but group them by the space(s) they operate in.

- Every day new startups and spaces are featured

- Use the search bar to search for specific startups or search for spaces semantically

- Future plans include allowing contributions from users, more detailed startup profiles, and tracking of events (fundraise, product launch, etc.) of listed startups.

Show HN: Cujobay – A Modern Alternative to Crunchbase
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Re: Show HN: Cujobay – A Modern Alternative to Crunchbase

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Post by KomoD »

I'm not sure I'd call it an alternative to Crunchbase, I don't really see what is more "modern" about it either

I use Crunchbase for their data, such as location, employees, details regarding funding or their tech... your site doesn't seem to have any of that, it's just a brief description with a link to their website

It's fine as just a basic directory though

Re: Show HN: Cujobay – A Modern Alternative to Crunchbase

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Post by lukasfoisy »

KomoD wrote: post #2

I'm not sure I'd call it an alternative to Crunchbase, I don't really see what is more "modern" about it either I use Crunchbase for their data, such as location, employees, details regarding funding or their tech... your site doesn't seem to have any of that, it's just a brief description with a link to their website It's fine as just a basic directory though

Fair point. More detailed profiles and news/events are on the radar, I'm trying to figure out the best way to programmatically fetch those for each startup.

Re: Show HN: Cujobay – A Modern Alternative to Crunchbase

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Post by pnw »

KomoD wrote: post #2

I'm not sure I'd call it an alternative to Crunchbase, I don't really see what is more "modern" about it either I use Crunchbase for their data, such as location, employees, details regarding funding or their tech... your site doesn't seem to have any of that, it's just a brief description with a link to their website It's fine as just a basic directory though

I use Crunchbase for the same purpose but it’s become increasingly paywalled. I notice that the funding details are now entirely behind the paywall.

Re: Show HN: Cujobay – A Modern Alternative to Crunchbase

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Post by Whiteshadow12 »

KomoD wrote: post #2

I'm not sure I'd call it an alternative to Crunchbase, I don't really see what is more "modern" about it either I use Crunchbase for their data, such as location, employees, details regarding funding or their tech... your site doesn't seem to have any of that, it's just a brief description with a link to their website It's fine as just a basic directory though

I doubt we would have clicked on it if they called it a Modern Alternative to Yahoo! Directory. You are correct though.

Can you allow people to add sites they found, for example adding something like Hydra or Citus would require you to know about them.

This is perfect though, cause I'm always finding fascinating tools online that I either favorite on hn or star on Github but not all the time there's also a rust serverless company that I can't recall the name of, which fits your use case nicely.

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