TheLadders

Last night at the NY Tech meeting, the companies who presented came back on stage for a 5-minute panel discussion. Below is a video of their advice for startups in NYC. The panelists included:

• AlleyCorp (Kevin Ryan, CEO)
• DailyCandy (Catherine Levene, COO)
• Etsy (Rob Kalin, CEO)
• Huffington Post (Betsy Morgan, CEO)
• IAC (Joey Levin, SVP/M&A)
• The Ladders (Marc Cenedella, CEO)
• Meetup (G.Whalin, CTO & M.Voskoboynikov, Lead)
• Mimeo (CEO Adam Slutsky)
• Thumbplay (VP/BD Chris Phenner)

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TheLadders CEO Marc Cenedella took to the stage last night at the NY Tech meeting to discuss where TheLadders is. Basically they have continued their steady growth over the past couple of years and now boast 220+ employees. In March, they added new office space to handle all of the new employees. TheLadders is typically discussed as the largest and fastest growing tech company in NYC.

Highlights from the demo:

• The company is backed by Kevin Ryan - you know, the guy who had the 7 minute demo earlier in the evening
• TheLadders charges a fee to job seekers as well as charging companies to post jobs
• Most employees have two monitors, some have three
• They have a cool backend tool for newsletters that shows stats right on the newsletter
• They have a tool that takes resumes uploaded to TheLadders and converts them into simple, scrollable graphic files - this helps recruiters scan resumes

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TheLadders, the site that allows you to pay to view job listings for those seeking employment over $100k/yr, has announced office expansion plans in NYC today. The new location featuring 20,000 square feet at 205 Hudson Street joins TheLadders.com’s current 25,000-square-foot headquarters at 137 Varick Street.

Occupancy will be immediate and the new office will house the sales, recruiter relations and customer service teams.

The company has grown from 6 employees in 2004 to over 220 today. When they hosted Lunch 2.0 last fall, the HR director explained that they are looking to bring on 1-2 new people each week in 2008. Check out some of my photos of their office as well - most of the employees are setup with at least 2 monitors.