Brad joins StarMine...odds on a private bus by 2010?
Congratulations to Brad on his new gig. Guess we shouldn't knock public transportation... it's no private jet or Porsche, but ridership has its benefits...
Forget about networking events: MUNI rocks.
Even though I really did not take advantage of many of the networking events, my strategy of accosting people for jobs at Muni bus-stops has paid off. On February 23, I started my new gig as a Product Manager at a little company called StarMine.
You could say that this is the perfect company for me; Lots of Excel (ok, not that much Excel, but a little), Finance, Statistics, Data and Product Management. Everything I ever wanted.
Basically, what the company does is rate/rank equity analysts on their ability to estimate financials and recommend stocks (yes, they have the patent on this). They then take that data and create a weighted average estimate for the financials, thus radically improving the un-weighted "consensus" typically used by investors. I could get really "quanty" on you, but let's just say it works (Information Coefficient of 0.05) and people buy it.
They are a private company, 100% revenue growth rate (accelerating) and very cash flow positive (web subscription model). And yes, I did ask for the term-sheet; and got it.
Needless to say, I am very excited about the job. And seriously, it did come out of talking to a guy at a bus-stop.
Brad