Summary: Never miss an episode! Subscribe in iTunes: Audio (http://bit.ly/TwiStA) (http://bit.ly/TwiStA) || Video (http://bit.ly/TwiStV) (http://bit.ly/TwiStV) With GoToMeeting, "meeting is believing". Visit http://www.gotomeeting.com (http://www.gotomeeting.com/) and use the promo code TWIST to begin your free 30 day trial. Need proper terms and policies for your site? Go to http://www.SnapTerms.com (http://www.snapterms.com/) to get started. Terms start at ONLY $149. When you checkout, enter the coupon code TWIST to get a free NDA with every order. ========================== On this episode of TWiST @jason sits down with The Resumator's founder, Don Charlton. Don called in to one of the very first episode's of TWiST for advice and has come full circle as a guest on the show. Learn what it's like building a starting up in Pittsburgh, Don's plans for the future of The Resumator, and how Don and The Resumator have overcame their most difficult challenges. Read the full transcript (#transcript) 0:30 Today on the show, Don Charlton of The Resumator 3:35 LAUNCH Festival is March 4-6. Go to launch.co to check it out. 5:40 Thanks to GoToMeeting for sponsoring the program. Visit GoToMeeting.com, use the promo code TWiST to get a 30 Day Free Trial 7:30 What episode of TWiST had you called in on back in the day Don? 7:50 What was your question? 8:24 ANNOTATION 9:35 How did you fake it 'till you made it when you were new to HR? 11:15 Why hasn't your design changed much since the beginning? 12:30 What was the genesis of the product? 15:20 What is the one feature that sells the product? 17:15 When did you add the "Canned Questions" filter? 18:40 What about partnering with the paid job boards? 19:20 How many businesses are using your service? 19:40 What are your plans for customer acquisition? 20:25 What does resumator cost? 20:35 Who is your biggest customer? 21:30 How many people are working for you in Pittsburgh? 22:10 What's the startup scene like in Pittsburgh? 22:45 What do you gaib/give up by staying in Pittsburgh? 23:05 What do you pay for real estate? 23:45 What about cost of living in Pittsburgh? 25:00 Do you think your valuation would be higher if you were in LA, or the Valley or NY? 24:30 Visit SnapTerms.com and enter the code and enter the code TWIST. 28:20 Where did you find your Angel Investors? 28:50 So what's next? What's the goal? 30:35 How hard is it to find and build a sales force? 31:20 At what price point do you get to talk to a sales person? 33:25 What do your competitors in the legacy space charge? 35:25 Have you thought about tools for filtering? Are people asking for a testing feature? 36:40 What do you think about the US and the state of the job market? Do you see a trend in the data? 39:10 What's the best way to decide if a person is the best candidate? 39:50 How did you come to entrepreneurship? 41:30 Do you feel you were treated differently because you're African American? 43:45 So you can't name one time in tech when you felt race was an issue? 49:30 How do you think women are treated in tech? 51:20 So what has been the hardest part of the process? 51:55 Have you thought about ways to make it consumer driven? 55:15 What do you think about the future of Facebook? 55:30 How many customers did you have when you called in back in the day? 55:55 What do you think about founder's stress? Was there ever a point when you didn't think it was worth it? 61:25 This has been a great episode. Go to theresumator.com to check it out. 62:25 Do you think your price point is accurate or you could bump it up? 63:15 Thanks to Don Charlton for being on the episode. 67:10 Follow Don on Twitter @Dontrepreneur, help him build his brand. We'll see you next time on This Week in Startups ============== Full Transcript Distribution provided by CloudSigma. The cloud that adapts to you. Visit CloudSigma.com/ThisWeekIn, for a free $200 credit. Today's episode of ThisWeekIn Startups, is brought to you by GoTo Meeting.
