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Start ups are kind of like volcanoes in the sense that they might be dormant for a little while and



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then all of a sudden have explosive growth.



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This growth is often attached to funding for these startups so startups might receive a big round of



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funding and then hire like 40 people within six months.



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And these are huge opportunities for job hunters.



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So in this model we're going to talk about hacking the startup job search.



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The first thing that you can do to have the search is to set yourself some Google alerts about startup



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funding in your community and also start monitoring business news sources for that same information.



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As soon as you see that a startup has received a big wave of funding you're going to want to start connecting



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with them on LinkedIn maybe checking out their product maybe trying to go and meet them off line or



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check out their product demonstrations.



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All those things will help you start to connect with them at the right time.



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There are also startups specific job boards you can find with just a little bit of googling and any



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time that you can get involved in the investor community by attending Angel networking events or other



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venture capital related events these venture capitalists know about the funding for startups and they



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can give you leads on startups that might be hiring.



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And one hack that a user name Rohit in Cupertino told us is that when he sees that a startup has received



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a big round of funding he actually starts to use their product or service a little bit and start to



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maybe even give that team feedback via Twitter or linked in or via their customer service e-mail.



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Teams are very interested about what the users think of their products and these relationships might



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be the basis for a job opportunity later down the line.



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So let's take John for example if John is looking for a startup opportunity in the Bay Area he might



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first set himself a Google alert about startup funding in this area and when he sees that a startup



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has received funding he might go and follow the company on their social media accounts maybe make a



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couple of connections on LinkedIn and then he might go and test their product and even submit some feedback



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to them on how they can improve their product or what he experienced by using their product.



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Again these relationships might lead to an opportunity for John.