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Hatch, a combination of Tinder/OkCupid and Linkedin

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No more A-holes? Kind of a big claim to make. Combined with the "tell us who you are" line, I'd think there is some degree of manual match-making. Are candidates or companies being screened or vetted in any way? There could be a boatload of students/ amateurs masquerading as experienced professionals, and this could end up hurting the first users looking for help. (Assuming this is part of why dribbble requires invites.)

The difference between Tinder and LinkedInTinder is that Tinder is a very superficial app, and somewhat needs to be. Person A thinks Person B looks good, person B reciprocates, and they meet up for a fling. I'm not so sure that the same can work for jobs as there are a lot more variables - talent, experience, availability, personality, payment terms, etc.

I really like the idea, but I'm not sure about how it will work out. It could be an interesting tool for freelancers and businesses/people to connect, if there are a couple of the right filters (remote vs local, designers vs photographers vs illustrators vs...)

"Hatch can match you to local talents who are great to work with - based on your personality (no more A-holes)."

What if my personality matches well with A-holes?

You should work on the Linux kernel.

Then those A-holes should be super talented..

Actually I'll go ask our matching algorithm. Brb!

The "Powered by QuickMVP" logo in the lower right quickly killed my interest.

can you elaborate a little bit for me? why the distaste for QuickMVP?

If I understand QuickMVP it means they haven't actually done anything except put up a landing page and a sign up. No code yet.

So I kind of agree. Not interested until I know what it really is and I can't know what it really is until they build it.

Hi greggman, actually we're working on Hatch. We just don't want to launch to crickets. We also want to get beta users and iterate the app from their feedback. I just added some screens on http://www.letshat.ch so feel free to check it out and let me know what you think :)

Going on the Quick MVP website you can read: "QuickMVP is the easiest way to test your ideas, without wasting time or money."

Just like SuperKlaus said on the thread: "So if they get enough positive feedback / sign-up they'll build it?".

That killed it for me too. I have nothing against QuickMVP. I just don't want to signup for a product that doesn't exists (also, it so happen that Hatch doesn't interest me, but that's not the point). However, had they (Hatch) been a bit more "honest" and said "We're gathering email to see if there's interest in us building this app" instead of "Request an invite", I'd bet people would be more inclined to sign-up.

Hi gouggoug, actually we're working on Hatch. We just don't want to launch to crickets. We also want to get beta users and iterate the app from their feedback. I just added some screens on http://www.letshat.ch so feel free to check it out and let me know what you think :)

Hi andrewfong, actually we're working on Hatch. We just don't want to launch to crickets and QuickMVP is a fast way to get beta users and iterate the app from their feedback.

I just added some screens on http://www.letshat.ch so feel free to check it out and let me know what you think :)

"Powered by QuickMVP"

So if they get enough positive feedback / sign-up they'll build it?

Actually we're working on Hatch. We just don't want to launch to crickets. We also want to get beta users and iterate the app from their feedback. I just added some screens on http://www.letshat.ch so feel free to check it out :)

I would simplify your hollywood pitch to "Tinder + Linkedin". Or "Tinder for finding business partners". I found the current one confusing. I thought it was a new dating site inspired by Linkedin. Most people dislike linkedin and mostly see it as a necessary evil.

Without being able to try the product, this is all the feedback I can offer. Having tried other founder matching tools, as a developer, I found it was 95% MBAs/non-technical people and almost no technical ones. Which is what most people are looking for.

LinkedInder

TinkedIn? :)

Tinker

When I see "Tinder + LinkedIn" I think of a version of tinder that relentlessly spams users, and practically only possible to block with a filter. "Tinder for finding business partners" however sounds great

When I see "Tinder + LinkedIn" I think of a tool for having no-strings-attached sex with former colleagues.

Thanks for your feedback. Maybe Tinder for finding collaborators would be better.

What are the other founder matching tools that you tried?

Let shat.

That's what I saw in the URL also. Might be worth getting a more "traditional" URL, or something that doesn't have "shat" on an obvious break in the URL.

Expertsexchange.com

What?

Will it have all the cool questions that OKC has? Will it match us with %? Will it be recommendation driven like LinkedIn? Will I be able to swipe left or right to collab or not?

Lots of wild possibilities - depending on the functionality that you decide.

Thanks for the feedback. I can tell you for now the app will have some of those features :)

What do you think about the questions on OKC? Would you take time to answer fun personality questions to find collaborators?

Haha. Almost seriously, can I get a service to pay these guys to send me a notification if a person I am interested in joins their service. That way, I can avoid them for being foolish enough to trust not just one, but all of these clouds services at the same time.

Could there be a market for that? I am married but there are few services, that given a potential partner subscribed to, I would want to avoid. Anti-dating services to the rescue!

Looking at the title description I was actually thinking about some really weird dating site where you have to dress professionally and... I dunno, maybe post your resume profiles to others?

I think their landing page makes more sense.

I like the idea. But I don't think my creative collaborators necessarily need to be geographically close to me.

That's a good suggestion. Have you had any virtual collaborators that you met and worked with online?

Amusing name, given that Tinder came out of Hatch Labs, an incubator that IAC owns. IAC also owns OkCupid.

I learned about Hatch Labs a few hours after coming up with the name Hatch. It's a very cool word after all.

Who knows, we may change the name later :)

Sounds very similar to http://meeet.co/

Not quite. There are some major differences: we go mobile-first and the idea is to match collaborators, not projects.

Have you tried meeet.co?

Quick typo: In the image, the girl is saying 'I'm open to new idea'

cool idea.

>Tinder/OkCupid + Linkedin

Wait, so I meet people in suits, and then fuck them?

That's what the website said, except it's not as explicit as you are.

Not without spamming all your contacts first.

I'm looking for something more along the lines of Grindr/Chatroulette + elance.com. Surely someone can help me out here.

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