User:Kcastech/Onecubicle.com

Overview
OneCubicle.com is a social business network that provides a platform for people fresh to the workforce to connect through college contacts, past jobs, and industry sources while building their very own professional brand.

Young professionals in their 1st, 2nd and 3rd jobs can use the “Jobs” pages to view “cool jobs from cool companies,” get advice from executives in their industry, and use tools like the “resume refiner” to update their accomplishments that match today’s marketplace.

OneCubicle.com allows the users to interact with others in their industry and geographic location through blogs, forums, and social news, overlaying elements of online interaction atop all things business. At the same time, the website will provide a platform for users to search a selection of quality job listings and the opportunity to advance their capabilities through detailed career advice.(2)

History
CEO/Founder: Gregg Champion

Champion's early business ventures
Gregg Champion first began pondering the idea of OneCubicle while he was viewing his LinkedIn page and watching The Office. He thought that if you could take the business model of LinkedIn, and combine it with the fun, day-to-day life of the TV show The Office, 20-somethings would buy into it. The amount of social networking sites and job/career posting sites at the time was very large. Champion noticed this and believed that no social network brought the two together wrapping up jobs and careers advice. From there Gregg went on to build the Onecubicle business plan and coding bringing it all together.

Getting Started
Once the plan was set Champion set out to find investors but found that no one would indulge in his plans because he had no solid demo. As a startup company Champion didn't have the resources to put together a full scale $40,000 demo and was unsure of what to do. While on a business trip in Thailand Champion ran into a good friend who informed him that if he could manage to stay a few extra weeks, they could put together a full scale demo that would surely get things going for under $5,000. Champion went with his gut and stayed the extra weeks and came out with a solid new demo.

Early Investing
Now that Champion had his entire set of assets ready to go all he needed next were investors. He set out to propose his plan to multiple investors and on his third try he succeeded receiving initial Angel funding to get things moving. From there OneCubicle set up shop in Santa Monica, CA and began building its team of Marketing, Advertising, and Media specialists along with a solid base of interns that keep the company moving in a 20-something centered direction.

My Workspace
•You can update YOUR PROFILE with YOUR PROFESSIONAL information, building YOUR PROFESSIONAL BRAND.

•The more content you have on your profile the easier it will be for them to connect you with an undiscovered network.

•At the bottom of the page you can fill out your own personal corkboard with a selection of interactive widgets.

Rolodex
•Grow your professional network of co-workers and friends.

•Search your own network, add connections through your alumni and find some former colleagues.

•They suggest contacts to you as well – people they beilieve you should know in your industry.

•Once connected, they'll drop some office activity on your homepage from time to time so you can stay in the loop and stay connected.

Water Cooler
Its A Place to Loosen Your Tie...

Containing a menagerie of visual media to dazzle your senses and a steady archive of discussion topics to stimulate your noggin, just a few things to get your mind off number crunching for a while.

Jobs
•Getting a job and keeping the job... That's the key.

•They only offer wholesome, organic, cool jobs from companies you want to work for.

•Find jobs with companies like: Sony, IBM, DC Environmental, Lucasfilm Limited, FOX Racing, Walt Disney Inc., Fox Broadcasting Co., Oakley, Time Warner, Current TV and many more

•For $10 they will edit/fix your resume.

•They'll give you some thoughtful career advice and get you off the ground and running towards a lengthy and rewarding career!

•Companies can join the Onecube network and post their jobs too!

Resources
The Resources tab gives you a vast array of different tips, tricks and helpful hints about anything and everything work related. With blog contributors such as Christine Hassler, The Intern Queen, Allen: the college senior, and a blog with an HR managers perspective and little Tyler Durden twist. You'll get various perspectives on everything that life as a 20 something may throw you.

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Partners
•Intern Queen

•Christine Hassler

Company Contact Information
1616 W. 17th Street

Santa Monica CA, 90404

Phone: 310-752-0242

Fax: 310-392-8518