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LinkedIn is the New Craigslist
- Verticalized labor marketplaces to create trust and reduce friction to finding high quality contract workers in specific function areas
from The “future of work” becomes “work” by Allison Baum
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- We previously espoused the need to transition from traditional job platforms like Indeed and LinkedIn to “vertical” job platforms that address the specific need of a particular industry or candidate.
from ‘Deep’ Job Platforms and How to Build Them | Andreessen Horowitz by D'arcy Coolican
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- Every few years a great unbundling occurs
In 2010, Andrew Parker wrote a defining post about the "unbundling" of Craigslist where he outlined the opportunity to carve out niche products from broad horizontal networks like Craigslist. The broad networks are everything to everyone, the niche ones are something special to a certain group. If you add u... See morefrom The Guide to Unbundling Reddit by Greg Isenberg
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