Problem statement: Starting a new job can be challenging and anxiety-inducing. You are beholden to the onboarding process of the company and you oftentimes don't have a pre-established network you can turn to for guidance/feedback. Unless you worked at a well-oiled machine before, you don't have the right tools/resources to make the right first impressions.<p>Solution: (Company name), the first platform & community for employees starting new jobs. The platform has 3 value components: #1 a community for support/ideas, which also will include matching to an accountability partner (grouped by job similarity and start date), #2 best-in-class downloadable resources like 1:1 meeting templates, 30/60/90 day start plans, OKR templates, problem solving templates (hundreds of docs), #3 private coaching sessions from the executive team.<p>Pricing: $19/month for community + resources; $39/month for all that + 1:1 coaching sessions from team<p>[Caveat] I recognize HN is an overly-technical audience, so please consider you in your earlier career or family/friends who are at the beginning of their journey.
> $39/month for all that + 1:1 coaching sessions from team<p>Whether that's a good deal or not depends a lot on your team's experience and qualifications. For example, if my new job is in product management or marketing but all your team members are developers or have only a few years of work experience, I'd look elsewhere for advice.<p>Are you willing to share what your team's qualifications are?<p>> a community for support/ideas, which also will include matching to an accountability partner (grouped by job similarity and start date).<p>Forums like this are difficult to get up to critical mass. People won't want to join unless they know that there will be other people there to talk to, which there won't be when the service is new. Are people going to risk paying $19 up front if they don't know that anyone with their interests is going to be there? Is there a money-back guarantee if people don't find anyone there who's relevant to their situation?
There is a portion of on boarding to a new company that is common to most companies.<p>Then there is the portion that is common to many companies in that field, where you would be doing a particular type of work.<p>Then there is the portion that is unique to that company.<p>Each company has a unique combination of the above.<p>You could cover the first part reasonably well, with sufficient funding, a big enough pool of advisors to pull from, good enough marketing, etc.... But that’s not going to be enough to provide adequate coverage of the second portion, and you won’t be able to touch the third portion.<p>To really reach into that second part, you’ve got to have a strong network effect, so that you can get enough community members who can then provide advice coverage in all the various fields. That gets the pump primed and the flywheel going.<p>I have no idea what it would take to really dig deep into that third part. You might have to already be the Facebook or the Amazon in this field in order to make it.<p>Speaking only for myself, no — I would not be willing to pay for this service.<p>However, I might be willing to join a community network of people who are trying to help other people in this space, but only if there was adequate privacy and security built into that network from the very start.
I wouldn’t buy it because I get this support elsewhere. I can see this being useful to new grads. There might also be an opportunity to partner with universities or alumni programs rather than relying solely on B2C.