Matt Mickiewicz
Matt Mickiewicz’s Biography
I'm spending 80 hours a week at Hired, a San Francisco-based startup I co-founded in 2012 (then-named DeveloperAuction) to disrupt the recruiting industry. Hired began as an innovative transparent marketplace for matching top Bay Area software engineer with companies actively seeking to hire them, and has since expanded to encompass other tech workers and more than 3300 companies across 15 cities in 5 countries.
I believe that by curating talent and intent, and using marketplace dynamics and matching algorithms, we'll be able to efficient match talent with awesome companies - at scale - while ultimately delivering a superior and more consistent experience than that provided by traditional service providers. Check it out: https://hired.com/ .
Other companies I've co-founded include:
99designs (http://99designs.com/), 2008: the world's largest online marketplace for graphic design with offices on 4 continents; raised a $35 million Series A from Accel Partners in 2011 and $15m Series B in 2015, and works with 1 million designers.
Flippa (https://flippa.com), 2009: the leading marketplace for buying and selling websites, domains and apps via an auction format; has facilitated the sale of more than $120 million in assets.
SitePoint (http://www.sitepoint.com/), 1998: one of the Internet's largest informational websites and communities dedicated to Web Developers; serves millions of users monthly.
I'm an advisor to several fantastic start-ups including Boost, Optimizely, Scripted, GrabCAD and iSell.
I speak at conferences and events throughout North America and Europe, and have written columns for WSJ, Fortune, Forbes & Fast Company. I've been included in Inc.'s "30 under 30", Business Insiders's "30 Founders to Watch," and Forbes "30 under 30" lists - making my mom really proud.