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The road to DEMO 08 is paved with a lot of hard work.

I had forgotten how much work, until I was able to see the Standout Jobs team firing on all fronts to get ready for their 6 minutes on stage, get RECEPTION (our service) launched and get their customers prepared to launch with them.

I was really proud to accompany my co-founders of Standout Jobs Ben & Fred when they did take the stage last week at DEMO.

The entire team pulled out all the stops to launch with more then 20 customers, a whole bunch of great media coverage and a killer DEMO presentation.

Ben and Fred’s presentation took them a lot of practice, but it’s the kind of great presentation I wish I could see more often (I know I’m biased - but other Demo presenters also did a great job in the format, while some frankly bombed).

I sit through many venture capital meetings, pitches and demo’s and you rarely see someone show you value, make a clear statement about the market and product in a succinct way.  I think Ben & Fred did a great job.  You can watch yourself and let me know what you think?

While launching at an event like DEMO is a great opportunity, it is just the first step in many in building a great company.   Ben (as usual) has a great post on how launching a startup is only the first step.

The company also announced a $2 million dollar financing from iNovia Capital.  There is more news upcoming in the financing area.  As mentioned in the release there was some great participation by angel investors in the round which the team will be announcing additional details soon.

There was great coverage of their release from many sources including GigaOm, Maple Leaf 2.0, Montreal Tech Watch  Mashable, TechCrunch, TechVibes, Venture Beat and JobMatchBox.

Congratulations to the entire Standout Jobs team. I encourage anyone who is hiring staff to explore the tour and sign up for a trial to see how Standout Jobs can help you.

On Thu 7 Feb 2008.