Keeping with the theme of my blog, I decided to look up the founders with some of the companies I know of. I was excited to find out that some of the most well known startups/websites are led by young and driven people. Some of these people you probably know of already, while some, probably [...]
The answer is the zero, of course! Any company with a compelling enough idea can be chosen to present. However, financing plays factor into how well a company performs. Over the previous decade, the amount of money it takes to start a company has decreased dramatically. I went on the TechCrunch50 website and decided to [...]
Running a startup is about maximizing the resources you have. Unless you’ve already have previous successes, chances are you’re just barely getting by. Here’s some overgeneralization I recently heard: there are three things that you want, but usually you can only have two: Time, Information, and Money.
For example, if you’re young and out of college, [...]
In an effort to use my camera more, I took pictures of the Disqus office when I visited the co-founders, Daniel and Jason. Disqus is an alternative commenting system that bloggers can place in their wordpress, typepad, etc. They share their office with SnapTalent, another YCombinator startup. Being a Disqus user myself, I must say [...]
Qik is soon going to support the iPhone. Wow, I want the 3G now! I’m actually pretty excited for this company, and I haven’t felt this excited about any company for a while.
I heard this song Handlebars (by Flobots) a few weeks ago, but I just came across it again online. This song can mean whatever you interpret it as. However, it begins with a childhood dream that they could do anything you want. It starts with easy concepts such as riding a bike and writing in [...]
Silicon Valley is the place to be for technology companies. More importantly, it is a great place for startups and new ventures. Many places in the world have tried to replicate the what we have in the Bay Area, but not as successful. The reason I like Bay Area is its community.
1. Community drives [...]
The thing that excites me about the startup world is that you know never know what’s around the corner. One day, it seems like everything is going great; the next day, your world is falling apart. You are on your own. You must make every decision on your own.
No one knows the right answer [...]
Thinking of an idea is the first step and also the one of the hardest parts of a startup. I was lucky enough to talk to Steve Wozniak after his talk about idea generation. One of the inspiring things that he said to me was to think limitlessly. In other words, do not care what [...]
I met Zaid, one of the founders of iJigg, over startup school. iJigg hasn’t had as much press as the other Y Combinator startups, but I think it deserves a look. Personally, it helps me solve my problem of finding chinese music. The site has a pretty strong international presence; supposedly most popular in [...]
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