Looking for Developer/Development Partner
We are a luxury marketplace for gourmet food and beverage products. Our goal is to create a social commerce marketplace that allows consumers and merchants to build trusting and dependable relationships. We make it possible for producers to grow their business without any investments into marketing, web development or an online team.
Whys’?
It’s the new hot market right now, current startups Gilt Taste and revival of Foodzie are the social proof.
Team:
Me (Founder), I’m a serial trep. My first startup was during my 2nd year of college. I wanted to get involved in business (was a computer science major) and ecommerce. Started my ‘project’ selling paintball equipment; first year I generated $308k in revenue, all from my parents bedroom (I realize the cliché but it happened). Ran for another 2yrs, then sold it to finish my business degree. Prior to that I project managed an ecommerce project for a mail order company (literally paper catalogs you ordered from). Under new ownership, the company was doing $200k, after the ecommerce website was live < 3years, they were doing ~$5.2m annually. I recently quit my job at NVIDIA as a Business Manager; oversaw North & Latin American channel sales, to take my company to the next level.
2 other Co-founders and 2 partners. Peter graduated from Academy of Art, previously owned & operated a web design & development firm that he closed down to pursue our project full time. He is the sensei of all design ninjas with a OCD attitude for details. Jeannie earned her BS in Marketing from SCU in just 3 years; recognized by Senior Mgt including CFO for her work at Ericsson. Owned & operated a professional wedding & family photography studio. Ken is the Sr. Software Eng at Yahoo, true prodigy child, earning his MS at SCU while raising a new born. Tri is our Sr. Software Eng at Level Development, leads our backend development.
We’re a close knit, family oriented team. We know each other better than our siblings sometimes. You will treated as such, not just a coworker. Interests include finding unique foods around town, daily visits to Starbucks, Rockstar addicts, fashion & fun things, Call of Duty (Lan center will be setup in our new office), BBQ and out door activities. One of our team activities was going to Reno & North Tahoe for a 3 day weekend to wind out. Dinners and bar excursions are a norm, please be prepare to eat, drink, and have fun.
What we’re looking for:
- A full time developer to work for equity. (terms discussed privately)
- Experience in building social networks (we have a script to work from)
- Experience w/ mobile sites (not necessarily app). although app is a plus!
- Experience with Ecommerce platform & Marketplaces
- Familiar with current social networks & social media tools (FB social plugins, G+, Twit etc..)
- PHP, MYSQL, HTML5, CSS3, familiar with cloud servers
- Diligent, detail oriented, on time (deadlines are very important to us)
- We’re in North San Jose/Milpitas area but you can work from home but be prepared for team meetings.
- Clear understanding of what it means to work in a startup environment/lifestyle
Current Progress
- Bootstrapped
- Demo developed
- Launching public beta week of 11/17 during the 8th Annual San Diego Bay Food & Wine Festival
- Business model defined
- In talks with several VC firms that expressed strong interest but waiting for launch. This is because the market and business is new and unique, they want to see execution.
- Team of advisers from various VC firms and MBA grads.
Please email me if you’re interested tommyqh@gmail.com