Sunday, May 17, 2009

What's our value proposition?





















ProspectLinker is a community driven website that helps you get insight from professionals who are outside of your network.


The beta site we are working on will provide the easiest, most efficient place to get linked to a community from which you are interested in getting viewpoints.

Major communities that are currently growing on ProspectLinker include Consulting, I-Banking / Finance, Marketing, Media / Entertainment, Technology, and Venture Capital / Private Equity.

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Here is an example of the value proposition offered by ProspectLinker:

A Senior Associate from a major Financial Institution was recently looking for
professionals in the media and entertainment industry that could provide answers to the following questions
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What is your opinion on the current investing climate of the media and entertainment space in emerging markets such as Africa?
Viewpoints from: Marketing guy, Sr. Financial Analyst at Warner Music Group

What is your position on the current debate regarding free music streaming over the internet with the likes of Pandora and its implications on the music industry?
Viewpoints from: Sr. Financial Analyst at Warner Music Group, Start-up Founder

Is music streaming substitutional for sales? If so, shouldn’t artist and songwriters get paid by music streaming service providers?
Viewpoints from: Start-up Founders, Sr. Financial Analyst at Warner Music Group

Do you know of any venture capital and or private equity funds that primarily invest in the media and entertainment space?
Viewpoints from: Private Equity Professional, Sr. Financial Analyst at Warner Music Group

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ProspectLinker ultimately linked this person to media / entertainment professionals and others, who answered his questions and were very helpful in providing him with resources.

If you've ever asked the question -- "Do you know any people in a particular industry (that is outside of your network) who can provide answers to my questions?", then you will find value in ProspectLinker.

Here's an invite to join -- http://bit.ly/3v1Uq

Regards,

Andre Charoo
President
ProspectLinker
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Monday, May 11, 2009

How would you make ProspectLinker better?






















Kent Fenwick, our Chief Code Magician, recently asked a great question that I would love to hear everyone's thoughts on --

How would you make ProspectLinker better?

As we've mentioned before, we are working on a beta release that focuses on one concept -- facilitating professional conversations. As a result of your conversations, you have the opportunity to meet people outside of your personal networks, in industries that you may not have access to. Some of the industries currently represented on ProspectLinker include:

- Advertising & Public Relations
- Management Consulting
- Finance / Hedge Funds / Investment Banking
- Marketing

- Media / Entertainment
- Real Estate
- Technology
- Venture Capital / Private Equity


So, as we focus on our revised site, your feedback on this question will help us determine what you think is important for us to implement in our release.


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Here are a couple recent suggestions:

"Daily digest that pulls together all/or a selected bunch of new conversations that have been started in areas that people identify as personally interesting..."
From:
Management Consultant

"Great opportunity for perhaps fostering mentor relationships, but maybe you need to bring that more to the forefront?..."
From: Masters Student

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Check out more suggestions by signing up here -- http://bit.ly/3v1Uq. Share any ideas you have and vote for the best.

We look forward to hearing your thoughts.
Thanks for your interest and support.

-The
ProspectLinker Team
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