Yahoo! Kickstart

Yahoo! Kickstart was a professional network created by Yahoo! for college students, recent graduates, employers and alumni.[1] The service was similar to LinkedIn, initially aimed at connecting students and alumni of the same university professionally, with recruiters joining later in the network's inception. Yahoo! offered a $25,000 prize to whichever college or university that got the greatest number of alumni to sign up before December 31st, 2007.[1] Kickstart's "Preview" (beta) was launched on November 5, 2007 by Yahoo!'s Advanced Products team, based in San Francisco. Yahoo closed down the network in 2008, amidst reports of server downtime and error messages.[2] Users were redirected to Yahoo! HotJobs as an alternative for jobseekers.

Yahoo! Kickstart
Type of site
Social media
FoundedNovember 5, 2007
OwnerYahoo!
Current statusDefunct

References
  1. Arrington, Michael (4 November 2007). "Yahoo Launches Kickstart, A New Social Network Around College Students and Alumni". Tech Crunch. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  2. Wauters, Robin (17 December 2008). "Another one Bites The Dust: Yahoo Shutters Kickstart". Tech Crunch. Retrieved 22 May 2013.


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