Good.Co

Good.Co, Inc.
Founded 2012
Founder Samar Birwadker
Subbu Balakrishnan
Dr. Kerry Schofield
Headquarters San Francisco, CA
Website good.co

Good.Co is a networking and career-building platform for job seekers and professionals. Good.Co’s Proprietary Psychometric Algorithm (PPA), uses career psychometrics and psychological analysis to help people assess suitability for current and potential employers or roles. This type of analysis not only assists job-seekers to find the right job, but also delivers economic benefit to employers by assisting them to hire the right people for their business.[1][2]

The company is based in San Francisco, California.[3][4]

History

Good.Co (originally ManageUp) was founded in 2012 by CEO Samar Birwadker and CTO Subbu Balakrishnan in partnership with Chief Psychometrician Dr. Kerry Schofield.[5] In January 2013, Good.Co participated in TechStars’ three month accelerator program and went on to launch on 18 April 2013.[6]

Since the beta launch in 2013,[7] more than 190,000 individual accounts have been created with job seekers and workers answering more than 3 million questions on the platform regarding personalities and company culture. Over 4,000 company profiles have been created based on user responses about companies’ culture.[8]

Additionally, they have received more than 200 inbound interest from partners and companies. The company has raised $1.6 million in investments.[9]

On 10 July 2014, Good.Co announced the launch of their first mobile app, available for iOS. This version of the platform offers more quizzes and assessments for users as part of the personality profiling process.[10]

In addition to self-discovery, Good.Co allows users to gauge their level of compatibility with people and companies. This helps users to understand how they can create a more meaningful and productive working relationship with their employer and potential colleagues. A user can check their compatibility with 9.2M other profiles, and 45% of users answer questions about others.[11][12]

On 30 October 2014, they launched their Android Preview Release v1 on Google Play.

Traffic & Demographics

In addition to the mobile app, Good.Co has a blog that provides career advice to job seekers and millennials.[13] It receives over 150,000 hits per month.

References

  1. ↑ "The job-hunting lovechild of eHarmony and LinkedIn", PandoDaily, by Nathaniel Mott, 16 April 2013
  2. ↑ "Does your personality suit your workplace?" Daily Mail, 25 July 2014, by Annabel Fenwick Elliott
  3. ↑ "TechStars Cloud’s Good.co matches workers’ personalities to the right job", 17 April 2013, by lalorek
  4. ↑ "The job-hunting lovechild of eHarmony and LinkedIn", PandoDaily, by Nathaniel Mott, 16 April 2013
  5. ↑ "good.co. wants to put employees in good company", TechCrunch, 22 August 2014 by Catherine Shu
  6. ↑ "Decoding the Science behind happy workplaces", TechStars Blog, by Clare Tischer, 22 April 2013
  7. ↑ "Good.co helps you find employers that match your personality", Mashable, 9 May 2013, by Seth Fiegerman
  8. ↑ "good.co. wants to put employees in good company", TechCrunch, 22 August 2014 by Catherine Shu
  9. ↑ "SparkLabs Global adds former Disney Interactive Exec as advisor, invests in Good.co and Zanbato", TechCrunch, 18 February 2014, by Catherine Shu
  10. ↑ "Good.co launches first mobile app for iOS devices", Recruiter, 31 July 2014, by Shala Marks
  11. ↑ "Good.co helps you find employers that match your personality", Mashable, 9 May 2013, by Seth Fiegerman
  12. ↑ "Does your personality suit your workplace?" Daily Mail, 25 July 2014, by Annabel Fenwick Elliott
  13. ↑ "good.co. wants to put employees in good company", TechCrunch, 22 August 2014 by Catherine Shu

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