Alexis Ohanian

Ladder Mobile App - The next-gen professional community platform, now on mobile

Ladder, the next-gen professional community platform, is now on iOS and Android! Find your community, share resources, engage in discussions, land your dream job, and form meaningful relationships with peers and mentors, all in the palm of your hands.

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Alexis Ohanian
Excited to be hunting Ladder today! What Andrew and team have been building has changed the game for career growth. Online professional communities is the future for the next generation 🚀
Andrew Tan
Thanks so much for hunting us, @alexisohanian 💚 Hey everyone 👋 I’m Andrew from the Ladder team! We’re so excited to share our new Ladder mobile app with the world, one of the biggest products we’ve worked on since launching the Ladder web platform 1 year ago. We’re rethinking what it means to be an online professional platform and rebuilding all the core components from the ground up — the feed, your profile, your communities, your connections, everything! If you go on Ladder today, it looks like what you would get if Reddit, Twitter, and LinkedIn came together and had a baby (in the best way). You can join professional communities, consume high-quality career content, engage in fun discussions, land your dream job, and form meaningful relationships with peers and mentors. Ladder features three core pillars: ✨ Communities: You can join communities with thousands of peers based on industries, roles, and interests that matter to you. ✨ Content: Ladder communities are filled with high-quality, social career content that range from opportunities and resources to debates and AMAs. ✨ Connections: Let’s be honest, those 500+ LinkedIn connections don’t actually mean anything. On Ladder, connections start in the communities and flourish through Events, AMAs, Group Chats, and Coffee Chats, a tool that handpicks the best people on Ladder for you to meet. At Ladder, our mission is to democratize access to career growth. And community is one of the most important aspects of growing and being successful in your career. It doesn’t matter what you do or where you’re from, you deserve to have a community for wherever you are at. Ladder is where you can find those communities, explore content, and make connections for every industry, role, interest, or career stage. Ladder is not just a job board or online resume. It’s where the next generation can be their best selves by making career growth more inclusive and community-driven. We’ve been around for about a year as a web app, and today we’re excited to launch our mobile app on iOS and Android so that you can take Ladder on the go for all your discussions, chats, and events. Lastly, a huge shout-out and thank you to the entire Ladder team and our investors for making this happen. Let’s go build the future 🚀
Andrew Tan
@namtran_wd thanks for the support David! ✊
Michelle Ko
Love using Ladder to help further my professional career - the communities are awesome and extremely relevant! I also recently posted on the job board, which helped me receive great candidates in my exact target pool. So excited that the mobile app for Ladder is out too!
Andrew Tan
@michellekokoko Great to have you as part of the community Michelle!! 💚
Vitaly Matveev
A relevant idea/market, but is the app limited to graduates of US universities only? :/ Really curious when founders will start finally see other parts of the world around them.
Andrew Tan
@vitaly2016 Our product and content is currently more catered towards US graduates currently, but we welcome international folks as well! In fact, we have a community on Ladder specifically for our international community: https://ladder.to/c/internationa...
Catarina Capelo Moreira
Hi @vitaly2016, I want to add to Andrew's comment. I am a student from Europe on Ladder, and I find it valuable to connect with like-minded people, using the power of online communities in ways that existing professional/career apps don't currently support. Ladder's community curation offers something for everyone: from Venture Capital to Business in Tech or Crypto & Blockchain, Software Engineering, Marketing & Sales... I think you will enjoy it!
Vitaly Matveev
@catarinacapelomoreira I see your sentiment and expectations, but it's confusing that company chooses positioning to one cohort in this post-pandemic semi-remote world we live in today. I don't think it would hurt to upload the extended list of universities to make sure it's available for everyone and thus boost user acquisition and keep retention levels. If I won't see equal capabilities as a user, then I won't see any value in here, and so won't even pass the activation stage and churn quickly for the same reason.
Catarina Capelo Moreira
@vitaly2016, I think your feedback is precious, especially as Ladder continues to grow. Thank you for sharing your perspective. 🙏 In my experience, I have access to equal user capabilities in Ladder's communities as an international member. I use Ladder to expose myself to ideas, information, and opportunities that I wouldn't have access to if I connected only with people from the same university or area. As Ladder is community- and values-driven, I find it easy to connect with others who share similar interests because where I study or live becomes, fortunately, secondary.
Belicia Tan
for anyone who's wanting to get exposed to more career options and find people who will jump right in to help you, ladder is the place for that! 💚
Andrew Tan
@belicia_tan 💯💯 being part of the Ladder community is all about giving more than you take
Shivam Ramphal
Ladder is really awesome, I have been using it for about 6 months. Made a lot of powerful connections and business opportunities with the community 🔥🔥🔥
Andrew Tan
@shivam_ramphal so glad to have you as part of our community Shivam!! one of the OGs 💪
Catarina Capelo Moreira
If you are looking for meaningful discussions, authentic connections, (job/event) opportunities you won't find elsewhere, and community-driven (career) advice, I invite you to join Ladder because "it's really greener on this side!" 🌱
Andrew Tan
@catarinacapelomoreira wooo!! and everyone check out the ESG & Sustainability community, easily one of the best new communities on Ladder: https://ladder.to/c/esg-sustaina...
Catarina Capelo Moreira
@andrew_tan1, what you created with Ladder is game-changing! Thank you! 🙏 I am happy to be on Ladder, including the ESG & Sustainability community, and I am excited about the many great things that are yet to come your way! 🌿
Gareth Ng
The app looks great! Love the way ladder is changing career development
Andrew Tan
@gareth_ng Thank you!! Let us know if you have any feedback on your experience so far :)
Aj Eckstein
I have been using Ladder for some time now. Their specialized communities are extremely helpful and relevant for job-seekers. As an established thought leader in the career development and recruiting space, I always recommend my network to use Ladder. I even hosted an event with Ladder and the feedback was incredible. There is nothing else out there on the market and I highly recommend Ladder!
Andrew Tan
@aj_eckstein great to have you on Ladder AJ! which communities are your favorites?
Ethan Keshishian
Congrats on the launch! It’s amazing to see how far Ladder has come, and I can’t wait to see what’s next! 🚀
Andrew Tan
@ethankeshishian thanks Ethan!! so great to have you as part of the community since the early days
Mike Fitzbaxter
Congrats on the launch folks. Looks amazing.
Andrew Tan
@mike_fitzbaxter1 Thanks for the support, Mike!
Catherine Raffaele
Looks great! I'm really excited about the potential of communities.
Andrew Tan
@cathyraffaele 100% agree! If anything, the pandemic and remote work has shown us how powerful online communities can be.
Mark Kleyner
Ladder is an excellent platform. Have been an early Ladder user since the Remote Students Days. It has been fantastic to see how the platform has grown. Great platform for both opportunity discovery and posting alike! Keep up the great work team. 🚀
Andrew Tan
@mark_kleyner love seeing all the OG Remote Students members!! 😎 thanks for your support since day 1!
Chris Carmichael
I love Ladder! I wish a product had been around like this back when I was in University. I'm getting early "The Social Network" vibes.
Andrew Tan
@chris_carmichael step aside LinkedIn and Facebook!!
Kaushik Donthi
I got my first internship at Ladder, so I am very grateful for it has given me!
Andrew Tan
@kaushik_donthi that's so awesome!! this is why we do what we do
Dustin Kim
Great platform for getting all your career questions answered!
Andrew Tan
@dustinkim_ladder 🚀🚀🚀
Arek Der-Sarkissian
Been a longtime user of Ladder, ever since its MentorMatch days—it's been an amazing resource for me, and it's truly incredible to see how far it's come. Congrats on the launch, Andrew and team!
Andrew Tan
@arek_der_sarkissian Thanks Arek!! And loved the Unicorner article about Ladder too: https://unicorner.news/posts/Ladder
Ishaan Hiranandani
This has been a life saver during my remote year when I had no one else to turn to! Long live Ladder 🪜
Andrew Tan
@ihiranandani1 thanks for being part of what makes the community so great! Long Ladder!!
Andrew Kirima
Yes, yes, yes, and yes. I've been a fan/user of Ladder for sometime now. Wish I had something like this at the beginning of my college day's but it still helped immensely right after I graduated.
Andrew Tan
@andrew_kirima1 thanks for being an OG member Andrew!! since the Remote Students days 💪
Alexander Nevedovsky
Congrats on the launch, I'll check out the product. I'm curious — what's your GTM strategy?
Andrew Tan
@alexander_nevedovsky Thanks Alexander! Our thesis is that the future of professional platforms will be community-based instead of network-based. To that end, we're focused on building products and tools for people to find, start, and engage their professional communities. We have a large audience of students and professionals who are interested in tech, but continue to expand to more industries and going up the chain to more experienced professionals. We capture users at their earliest points in their career - during school, during their first job search, and when they're looking to transition. We also plan to onboard existing communities and leaders who are looking for a better tool than Slack or Facebook Groups to start their own communities. A recent product we built for communities is curated community job boards: https://ladder.to/jobs