Glints: Linking Youths and Jobs

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Established in 2013, Glints was an online job search service for new graduates, marketing itself as “LinkedIn for youth.” The Singapore-based company was founded by three 21-year-olds who chose to put their university education on hold and forfeit their scholarships in order to pursue their entrepreneurial ambitions. Using the lean start-up approach, Glints pivoted its business model several times before finding a suitable position in a resegmented job-search market. As a young company, Glints’ biggest challenge was growth. Having raised seed capital of SG$475,000 from its investors, Glints was expected to sustain its exponential growth in revenue base and the number of subscribers. Its young co-founders had to identify ways to make that growth happen.
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The case is suitable for entrepreneurship and strategy courses at the undergraduate and master’s levels. After studying the cases, students will be able to<br><br><ul><li>analyze the pivoting process that a start-up such as Glints undergoes in order to find a product–market fit and analyze the resegmented market that Glints has pivoted into;</li><li>evaluate the pros and cons of Glints having young co-founders who have chosen not to go to university in the near term; and</li><li>identify the challenges that Glints faces and formulate strategies that will overcome those challenges.</li></ul>
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