Interview with Thomas Schulze, CEO Spirofrog
Q: Thomas, tell us something about yourself?
A: For a quick background I was working with Cisco, Hitachi Data Systems and Morgan Stanley Bank on three continents ZA, UK and Malaysia mostly in IT, Technology, Finance and Sales. Born in Germany, having a Masters of Science in Information Systems.
Q: Your Project name is?
A: Spirofrog – Start Your Global Career.
Q: And your Pitch elevator?
A: At Spirofrog we wanna help people to find global transparency in the internships and the job market.
Q: What is the main difference with the other services in your market?
A: We deliver Global Reach, cool and good jobs and internships in dynamic, growing companies ranging from Clean-tech to Social Commerce & Communities. More on Spirofrog blog.
Q: What is new and great technologically speaking in your project?
A: The Content, content is still king! We have Dynamic Jobs and Internships at global companies, real jobs with real people.
Q: What technologies are using within your project?
A: The Design was done by Freddy fkh-design and the system is programmed by Hanno and Martin.
Q: Business model?
A: Our old school Business Model is: that we are easy, and cheap compared to others. We publish all jobs, internships and the company profile for 1 year at discounted price (700 USD / year or 500 EUR). Revenue is generated two ways: 1-1 matching, some people call it recruiting and stable revenues through listings of company profiles, jobs and internships. A must say is that we generate revenues from the very beginning, not much, but we do!
Q: How do you finance your project: Angels, VC, Plastic?
A: Plastic and a group of business partners, mostly self funded.
Q: Where you see your project in 5 years?
A: We will be the monster.com for the younger generation offering jobs in more than 50 countries with 3-5 Country Franchisees or Partners.
Is time for you to get a Job 2.0. Trust SpiroFrog and you career and future jobs are in good hands.
