http://betabeat.com Just another WordPress.com site Mon, 20 May 2013 21:43:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://betabeat.com http://betabeat.com/2012/04/41158/jobfair09/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:58:20 -0400 http://betabeat.com/2012/04/41158/jobfair09/ http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/jobfair09.jpg "You're probably familiar with the newswires, like the AP and Reuters—so we we're trying to reinvent that model and flip it on its head," said Shafqat Islam, CEO and founder of NewsCred. "We license content from 750 of the best sources around the world. We have amazing technology that organizes and filters and tags it and curates it algorithmically. We have an editorial team that also curates it. so we distribute it's all through an API. Our customers are news sites and publishers, but also huge brands like Pepsi and Johnson & Johnson and Telecom. Anyone who needs content."


Beyond technology, NewsCred is looking for people with sales and editorial backgrounds—including journalists.


"We're basically looking for the best and the brightest of New York's talent. Like a lot of other startups, we're looking for great engineers, but our philosophy with hiring is just find the smartest people, and then find the role. Finding a smart person is much more important than if they fit a specific opening that we have."


NewsCred currently has about 45 people and has at least ten positions open.

]]> "You're probably familiar with the newswires, like the AP and Reuters—so we we're trying to reinvent that model and flip it on its head," said Shafqat Islam, CEO and founder of NewsCred. "We license content from 750 of the best sources around the world. We have amazing technology that organizes and filters and tags it and curates it algorithmically. We have an editorial team that also curates it. so we distribute it's all through an API. Our customers are news sites and publishers, but also huge brands like Pepsi and Johnson & Johnson and Telecom. Anyone who needs content."


Beyond technology, NewsCred is looking for people with sales and editorial backgrounds—including journalists.


"We're basically looking for the best and the brightest of New York's talent. Like a lot of other startups, we're looking for great engineers, but our philosophy with hiring is just find the smartest people, and then find the role. Finding a smart person is much more important than if they fit a specific opening that we have."


NewsCred currently has about 45 people and has at least ten positions open.

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