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Can't wait to listen!

Where are most of your roles located?

Also, it's very easy to use a whitelist of twitter accounts.

It's great to think about biz dev from this perspective. Great post.

Nope! We'd love to see them apply!

seattle.started.in/apply/

seattle.started.in/apply/ :)

Too bad! I really loved them. :(

Totally!

We profile startups that apply to be profiled. We reach out to others, but the majority are from our queue of applications. If you know anyone at Qumulo, we'd love for them to apply at seattle.started.in/apply/.

Also, our site is not meant to be a repository, but more of an in depth look at each startup. We only profile 1 startup each week, so you are seeing the work of only 13 months.

Excellent feedback! We'll take this into consideration.

Thanks for the feedback winslow!

Firstly, once someone closes the window, they don't see the pop-up for at least another 2 months. We hope this cuts down on the annoyance factor.

We are seeing pretty good engagement and tracking the numbers. Our bounce rate for July 3rd (the day we hit HN front page) was <0.3%. I mention this day specifically for a couple reasons: 1. We had significant traffic and sample size for that day 2. 92+% of our traffic was from new users (the only ones who would see the pop-up)

We've only been using the box for a couple of weeks and will keep monitoring the numbers and the comments.

Thanks for your kind words!

Thank you all for the amazing support! I'd love any feedback you have, both positive and constructively negative. :)

We'll be launching a jobs board soon. The map will be on there. Also, each profile is tagged with a part of town (e.g. Downtown, South Lake Union, Bellevue, etc).

I'll take this into consideration as we make improvements to the site. Thanks for the feedback!

Thanks!

We're always looking for more. :)

seattle.started.in/apply/

Any time! Many, if not most, of the startups we profile are hiring. Check them out!

Thanks for the kind words! Our goal is to profile every startup in the area (and world).

Builtinla.com does a good job covering the startup scene in LA. They are more news than spotlight though.

We're hoping to be down there soon. If you know someone who'd like to curate startup profiles in LA, we'd love to talk with them.

For sure!

Head over to dc.started.in/apply/ and let's talk.

Awesome!

You're right. We want to profile startups in the DC area. You don't have to be in DC proper.

Awesome! We love the DC startup scene, too!

Head over to dc.started.in/apply/ and we'll start the profile process. I look forward to speaking soon!

I agree! We're launching city/region sites around the US to profile each of the amazing startups around the country and eventually the world.

We're always looking for people who are interested in having a site launched in their area.

Contact us if you are (or you know someone who is) interested: http://started.in/bring-started-in-to-your-city/

EDIT: Sorry. I didn't see or click on the link before commenting. That's awesome. We love resources like madeina2.com!

:) Head on over to dc.started.in/apply/ and we'll get you queued up.

We reached out to them before our launch. We'd love to see them on the site.

Head on over to: DC.started.in/apply/

We'd love to talk to you!

Please do.

Great idea by the way!

Awesome! Send them our way!

dc.started.in/apply/

Awesome! Can't wait!

dc.started.in/apply/

Anyone can apply. :)

I'm sure they'd make the cut.

dc.started.in/apply/

Thanks for the comment Dave! We love both of those resources, but we're trying to do something a little different.

Our thought is that it's easier to learn about all the startups in a community one at a time. Each week we'll post just one startup and get a little more in-depth than a repository of startups.

It's proven to be valuable in Seattle and Atlanta, so we're hoping we can find our spot right next to resources like proudlymadeindc.com. If we don't provide enough value or you see room for improvement, please contact us at any time. We're always open to ideas.