Ah, the eternal question of a startup. How do you attract a user base? This is a question I have been pondering much in the last few days. As I neared my second release, I began to think that it was good enough to really start inviting people. Not just testers, [...]
It’s only been a couple of weeks since the first alpha, but I am moving on an aggressive schedule to release significant new features every couple of weeks. In addition to the major releases, I have been adding or modifying smaller items as I see them. So really there were several 1.x releases [...]
I’ve been at this for a couple of months now and I’ve started to notice some things. When I tell people what I do (i.e., I work for no pay on a dot com that may not take off) I get a wide range of responses. Here are some common ones:
Huh?
Congratulations! That is [...]
This weekend was my dad’s 60th birthday, so I was too busy to work on the site, but I had it uploaded on Friday. I wanted to ensure that deployment to the server hadn’t broken anything (it had) before beginning the invitation process.
My first server deployment took me 18 hours… Wow. There were [...]
I’ve been neglecting posting lately because I have my head down working on my startup. (Speaking of startups, a good friend is embarking on his own startup journey)
I have also been neglecting reading other blogs. My Bloglines account is overflowing with unread postings. I worked off about a third of them this morning, [...]
As you may have noticed, I am not located in Silicon Valley, yet I am pursuing a technology startup. The NY Times ran a story entitled It’s Not the People You Know. It’s Where You Are. . The premise is that you should be in Silicon Valley if you are a startup.
Of course, I [...]
I just found out about this great, new company called Qeeglixtr. I am seriously considering investing because their idea is going to be the next big thing. Let me know what you think about it!
A new social networking startup for entrepreneurs has recently sprung up at IdeaWhip. It states it is
An Entrepreneurial Community For Undergrads, Graduate Students, and Young Alumni…by Them.
There is not much on the site yet and I’m not sure there will be. Being an aspiring entrepreneur as well as a young alumnus, I did [...]
I spent a little time today refining my executive summary. This is my second draft and I think that the feedback I have received so far has been very useful. Thanks to everyone who reviewed and gave me feedback! It’s hard to know what to put into an executive summary. How [...]
I am a software engineer turned entrepreneur working on a stealth social networking startup. And I’m looking for funding. Oh… you have? Well, it seems that scenarios like this are all too common. So how did I find myself in this situation?
It all started in June 2006 when my best friend [...]
I'm a pragmatist, an idea generator and a doer of deeds that need doing. I may have an unhealthy obsession with pirates and coffee. I also enjoy making work for other people. Get to know me and you'll see what I mean.
