#28: Stanford Dropout Raises Millions To Make Job Hunting Suck Less

In #28, Michael Sikand (@michaelsikand) and Simran Sandhu (@_simmy_) discuss two startups built by young guns: Simplify and Default. Simplify is best described as the "Honey for Job Search" - and was founded by Berkeley and Stanford dropouts Michael Yan, Rushil Srivastava, and Ethan Horoschak. Using Simplify's chrome extension, applicants can breeze through vast numbers of job apps by instantly populating form fields and tailoring their experience to each role of interest. So far the platform has raised $3M from investors like David Sachs, amassed 400K users, and facilitated 25M job applications. Next up is Nico Ferreya and Victor Papyshev, co-founders of Default: the ultimate inbound GTM platform helping modern revenue teams increase pipeline conversions with automated qualification, scheduling, & routing workflows. So far the duo has raised millions from top investors including, coincidentally, David Sachs's Craft Ventures.

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