A network built for doing the work

Turn goals into the right conversations.

Tell Medallion what you’re trying to accomplish. See the people, opportunities and communities that are relevant to it, and why.

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Currently in open beta · Start with your role and a goal.

Give the network direction

What are you trying to accomplish?

Pick an example. Every chapter below redraws around it. You’ll set your own goal, in your own words, after you sign up.

Example Engineer, find a job: a staff role on a developer-tools team. That goal needs teams hiring for your stack, a referral from someone inside and work that shows your depth. See the network form

One connected workspace

One goal. Several specific needs.

A goal tells the network what to look for. Medallion reads it as needs, the kinds of people who can help with each, and the move you could make next.

Your goal

Find a jobA staff role on a developer-tools team

What it needs

Who can help

Founder
Operator
Engineer

What you can do

Share your projects
Request a referral introduction
Join an engineering Community

Example Engineer scenario. Select a need to trace it through the network.

People · Opportunities · Communities

More than connections.

People, opportunities and communities are linked by what someone is trying to do, so each one can point you to the others.

People

who can help with the goal

Founder

Communities

where the shared work happens

Build Systems Guild

Opportunities

each with its reasons

Person · Founder

Your goalFind a job

join and run

organize initiatives that become

point you to

Your goal reaches all three. Each also leads to the others: people run communities, communities create opportunities, opportunities point to people.

Compared onA contact-first networkMedallion

Starts fromWho you already knowWhat you’re trying to accomplish

Shows youUpdates from your connectionsPeople, opportunities and communities for one goal

Explains a suggestionMutual connectionsThe goal, the stated context, and what is only inferred

First moveConnectMessage, request an introduction or start a group

After the conversationBack to the feedA Community with initiatives, tasks and events

The work becomes context

Your work becomes context.

Your Profile brings together projects, video, audio, documents and contributions. That context can help explain why an opportunity is relevant to you, and to the people you reach out to.

Example memberEngineer · Developer tools

ProjectOpen-source build cache
DocumentDesign doc · incremental builds
ContributionMaintainer on two repositories
InterestBoulderingNot used for this goal

Why it’s relevant

Depth in your stack
How you think
Track record

Your goal

Find a job

Example Profile. Only items connected to the goal are used to explain relevance; the rest stays part of who you are.

The right next connection

An opportunity comes with its reasons.

Each result shows why it might matter and what it is based on, and it marks what is only an inference, so you can judge it yourself.

From you

GoalFind a job
ContextOpen-source build cache

Person · FounderExample

A founder hiring a staff engineer for build tooling

Their Hire talent goal names the work your projects already show.

Why this might matter

Role: staff engineer for build tooling.
Evidence: your open-source work is in the same area.
Path: an engineer on their team could refer you.

Stated by them

They set a Hire talent goal for build tooling
Their company page lists your stack

Inferred, check it

Your build-cache project solves a problem they describe
An engineer on their team starred your repository

Solid lines: context the other person stated on their profile or goal. Dashed lines: overlaps Medallion noticed that you should verify. Example content; Opportunity never guarantees an introduction, a reply or an outcome.

Now there’s a reason to talk

You choose the next move.

Message directly, ask someone you both know for an introduction, or bring several people into a group. Medallion never sends outreach on your behalf.

YouEngineer

ConnectorAn engineer on their team

FounderPerson · Founder

GroupYou and two engineers from the team

Introduction requestExample

Would you be comfortable referring me? I’ve been working on the same build problems your team is hiring for.

Written and sent by you

The highlighted route shows who is involved in each move. A, B and C carry through to the shared work below.

Connection → Coordination → Output

Then do the work together.

A Community gives the conversation somewhere to go: initiatives, tasks, events and the people doing them, in one place.

Explore public Communities

Build Systems GuildExample Community

Remote build caching

DoneBenchmark cache hit ratesAssigned toA
In progressReview the design docAssigned toC
To doSchedule a pairing sessionAssigned toB

A maintainer reviewed the design doc

YouFounderConnector

Your role. Your next move.

The catalog behind it is real.

These charts show Medallion’s own configuration: the goals each role is offered first when someone joins. It is how the product is set up, not data about members.

10: goal types Opportunity can work with
13: roles to describe yourself, including Other
3: ways to start a conversation: message, introduction, group

Roles offered each goal first

Find partners8
Find collaborators6
Find customers4
Find a job3
Invest2
Hire talent2
Promote an event / community2
Raise capital1
Grow as a creator1
Find marketing support1

Count of the 12 roles (Other excluded) that list each goal among their first suggestions.

Which goals each role is offered first
Role	Raise capital	Invest	Find customers	Find partners	Hire talent	Find a job	Grow as a creator	Find marketing support	Find collaborators	Promote an event / community
Founder	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Investor	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Operator	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Creator	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Engineer	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Educator	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
Student	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Job Seeker	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Advisor	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Community Builder	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
Service Provider	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Corporate Innovation	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No

Highlighted column: the goal in your example (Find a job). Source: Medallion’s role catalog.

Good to know

A little context before your next move.

What is Medallion XLN?

A network where people set goals, explore relevant people, opportunities and communities, start conversations, and coordinate work together.

How does Opportunity work?

You choose a supported goal and add context. Opportunity shows results with a reason, the evidence behind it and a next action. Possible fits with thin evidence stay possible fits.

Are my goals public?

You control whether a permitted summary of your goal is shared with eligible matches. Goal details follow the product’s visibility controls.

Does Medallion contact people for me?

No. Every message, introduction request and group is written and sent by you.

Can I meet investors or collaborators?

You can explore relevant people and ask to talk. Access and replies are never guaranteed.

Are the people on this page real?

No. Every person, opportunity and Community shown here is an example of how the product works.

The network begins with you

I’m ready to Example goal

Set your goal, review the people and opportunities it points to, choose the next move, and give the work a shared place.

Create your account

Currently in open beta. After you verify your email you’ll choose your role and set your first goal.