1) Scrolling through http://firespotting.com/ I found this nice idea: http://firespotting.com/item?id=2353 - Common app for Jobs - Maybe linkedin integration or even just something simple you can open source for startups to use or do what http://www.crowdhoster.com/ did for kickstarter
2) Give this a read/inspiration: https://training.kalzumeus.com/newsletters/archive/rainy_day...
good luck - be sure to post code on ShowHN