As of last Friday, I am now working for Biznik. Biznik is a local Seattle startup, still run by its two founders, but if all goes well I will have the option of becoming the first employee. This means I can almost say I have my first real job, except that I’m employed as an outside contractor, still set my own schedule, and work from home.
Biznik is a community of independent business owners, built around a social networking platform. It’s kind of like Meetup plus LinkedIn. My role will be a combination of sales and business development, figuring out how to monetize a social networking site. Considering that not even Facebook or Myspace have really come up with a good way of doing that, it’s going to be a challenging position. But our userbase of independent business owners is a particularly valuable resource, so I’m optimistic.
Onward into the unknown!
