It is normal to be afraid of big companies. With all their resources, they are a major competitors and steal your customers with a snap of a finger. For example, I’m sure Google Calendar killed a lot of other web applications out there. However, another view that people don’t normally think about is to look [...]
Kevin Rose chimes in on why he thinks it’s good idea to do a startup in the midst of an economic downturn. My views is similar to his. He agrees with Paul Graham’s original post, and so do I. Since Facebook, Youtube, Digg, MySpace, and Flickr were founded, there hasn’t really been any other companies [...]
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While Startuply seems to be doing OK, other job boards have been seeing a decline in jobs. Joblighted, an online job aggregator, has reported its statistics, showing a clear decline in job listings. As I noted, Startuply is only one player this entire ecosystem, and it’ll be great to see data on others as well.
Joblighted [...]
It’s clear by now that the technology industry is not insulated from the Wall Street fallout. Layoffs have been popular from large corporations (EBay, Yahoo, HP) to startups (Mahalo, Seesmic, Adbrite). On the hand, TechCrunch has also noted that many of these layoffs may not be actual layoffs, but just an opportunity to get rid [...]
Loopt just announced it’s Android version of its application.
Loopt on Android is coming soon and the team here has their hands full developing on this wonderful and robust platform. We’ve included a sneak peek with two screenshots. On the left is the Map View of you and your friends with a roll of your friends [...]
Entrepreneurs are always telling other entrepreneurs to just go for it. Drop out of school, start a company. Quit that job, do something you’re passionate about. We are the misfits. I’m totally for the gun-ho attitude, but I think it’s almost important to keep a realistic mindset.
I don’t want to see people putting their whole [...]
Yesterday, I wrote a post about unconventional method of sharing ideas. My idea was about building a better way to meet someone new. It has actually sparked some interest, so I’m excited. Just the fact that people are reaching out means that there is a demand to talk to someone you’ve never met offline.
Similarly, my [...]
Every founder is protective over his ideas, and he has every reason to be. For example, Steve Jobs will let Microsoft down for supposedly taking the GUI. Thinking of an idea is hard and many founders believe that they are the only ones working their ideas. More often than not, there is another founder thinking [...]
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