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This week my startup launched a demo version of our virtual networking app (apps.apple.com)
4 points by tryamtamtam on May 5, 2020 | hide | past | favorite | 7 comments



On this new platform, users can gather useful contacts, find a coach, meet for video chatting with the community, and access private, professional groups. Connect.Club has developed a separate niche with an emphasis on attracting useful contacts. The application will not be a replacement for Zoom, but it can safely compete and complement LinkedIn. The company’s objective is to create a modern platform with users' personal accounts to help them with their goals for networking. For example, in one application, users could see other people who are in search of a new job or in search of a mentor, startups at the stage of raising investments and seeking investors, and interest clubs and professional communities that are more likely to meet offline or communicate more in chat rooms.


How do you intend to compete with LinkedIn and pull users from there to your platform?

Because I'm only using networks which have a critical mass of people. I did recently added Twitter to my repertoire because tech and bc hangout there.


We want to create a product where every chance to meet somebody can change our history. Connect.Club is for people who have previously been in various professional communities but want to communicate with each other constantly, not only chatting. The virtual space that we invented is a convenient form representing that process. For us, it is important that people relax, feel confident, and are not afraid to share useful information and get acquainted.


We see our advantage in the fact that LinkedIn is a platform where it is convenient to view your resume and communicate with recruiters. But there is no networking in practice. Like in our product!


I network on LinkedIn, it's also used in sales a lot


LinkedIn so great! But a bit another type of communication, without video.


So we typically go to email/ video conferencing all. Don't need another business networking app just cause there's no video on LinkedIn




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