Ask HN: Are you a founder?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=755291

by hajrice • 17 years ago

47 106 17 years ago

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Hi everyone. I'd like to know....are you a founder of startup? if so, which one? what's your role?

dmillar3• 17 years ago

Yes, http://pacsdrive.com my role is founder (what doesn't that include?)

babyboy808• 17 years ago

Nice site, looks alot like campaign monitor

billydean• 17 years ago

A LOT like Campaign Monitor. The bold white headline and subhead, blue horizontal nav, 4¢ graphic, the location of the screenshot, etc.

dmillar3• 17 years ago

Yeah, definitely inspired, though I think it's just the homepage, we are working on a new one.

alexitosrv• 17 years ago

Grat app. I'm interested because one of my projects include a telemedicine system, and I know the complexity of DICOM protocols.

tricky2• 17 years ago

huh.. do you have to house your servers in locked cages to maintain hipaa compliance?

dmillar3• 17 years ago

No, you don't have to, but we take security very very seriously. However, we are not a covered entity in the eyes of HIPAA, but we do go above and beyond their guidelines for storing and transmitting patient data.

mgrouchy3• 17 years ago

Not yet, but working on it!

pchristensen• 17 years ago

Well put. Similar sentiments from me on GeekStack http://geekstack.com

bmelton• 17 years ago

If you're working on it, wouldn't that make you the founder of a pre-launch startup?

mgrouchy3• 17 years ago

Maybe, I won't consider myself a founder until it actually launches. Its not really a startup if you aren't funded and you haven't launched anything, its kind of just an idea that you are working on at that point. So that is where I feel I am at, I am trying to get something off the ground while keeping my dayjob.

jgrahamc• 17 years ago

I am one of the founders of http://www.electric-cloud.com/

markbao• 17 years ago

Yes, http://avecora.com , http://ramamia.com , http://tickrtalk.com , http://classleaf.com , http://adaptance.com , and http://debateware.com

modoc• 17 years ago

I founded Spark::red http://sparkred.com "The Best ATG Hosting Provider", with a couple of partners. ATG is a niche expensive (but amazing) eCommerce software package. All the partners are technical architect type folks.

sosuke• 17 years ago

What qualifies as a founder? If its a one man startup doesn't that give them every title? :)

alain94040• 17 years ago

A founder of http://fairsoftware.net : "build your [iPhone|web|desktop] App Together"

Previously co-founder of http://eve-usa.com

PS: not listing projects I launched that never went anywhere...

nostrademons• 17 years ago

Former founder: http://diffle.com, http://bootstrapacitor.com, http://randomicity.net, http://whatshallidonow.net, and GameClay (which never launched). All dead now, my cofounder was the one that paid for the hosting, and he let them lapse when we gave up. I was the technical end of the partnership, writing the software.

Heh, it looks far more impressive when I just list URLs. Most of those "startups" were pretty lame side projects, and the one that wasn't was the one that never launched.

hikari17• 17 years ago

I'm a co-founder -- along with my wife and a friend -- of http://www.genlighten.com, an Etsy-like marketplace for genealogy research services. My role includes pre-code IA/UX design, usability testing, customer development, sales/marketing, and general management.

csbartus3• 17 years ago

nice ui, clean & fresh & still warm. keeep up!

socratees• 17 years ago

No. I'm on my H1B visa.

aditya• 17 years ago

Doesn't mean you can't found a company - you just can't be employed by it unless it sponsors your visa...

johns• 17 years ago

Yep. Founder of http://rimsystems.com

Tawheed• 17 years ago

Yep! Founder at http://AskMyBrainTrust.com

ezmobius• 17 years ago

I'm one of the founder of http://engineyard.com

hajrice6• 17 years ago

Oh awesome. I've heard great stuff about you, keep up the good work! :)

dawie• 17 years ago

Founder of http://docley.com

rbreve• 17 years ago

yes, Im working on blipea.com tubabel.com latino based startups

mojombo• 17 years ago

Currently cofounder of http://github.com, previously founder of http://gravatar.com.

defunkt2• 17 years ago

Me too! Well, not Gravatar. But GitHub.

defunkt2• 17 years ago

To elaborate: I think we've struck a really good balance at GitHub when it comes to our roles.

mojombo has a background working with distributed systems (at Powerset) as well as in design (he freelanced for a few years). Which means he's our main UI / design person as well as the guy overseeing the "big picture" backend stuff. For instance, right now we're in the process of sharding all of our git repository data to get away from our network file system bottleneck. mojombo's leading that project and it's going great - we should see the plans come to fruition in the near future. He's also the guy that makes changes to the git-daemons and other sysadminy stuff.

pjhyett, one of the other founders, is a seasoned web developer with experience in (among other things) Java and Rails. Which made him the ideal head of our Firewall Install product (since it uses JRuby). He's currently on a trip to NYC to meet with potential FI clients, and is in charge of adding features to it, fixing bugs, basically lording over the product.

schacon isn't technically a founder, but we're a very flat (and small) organization. He's a Git expert so we deploy him on any and all things Git: weird server errors, crazy new projects (like the Fork Queue and Gist), and our issues scaling Git itself. He's currently experimenting with a Cassandra-backed git-daemon to help speed up clones (specifically the "Counting objects" / building packfile phase) and give us the ability to easily put mirrors in other continents.

Tekkub is our customer support expert: he hangs out in irc, on the mailing list, and oversees the help site. He has programming background (we found him because of all his Lua stuff on GitHub) which means he can write his own tools and knows Git very well.

I'm the third founder. I mostly hang out here.

cullenking3• 17 years ago

You guys provide an excellent service! We use you guys to host our git repo for http://ridewithgps.com/ -- excited to see what else comes out of your team.

colinplamondon2• 17 years ago

Yup.

Product: http://freebooksapp.com Company blog: http://spreadsong.com

csbartus3• 17 years ago

very nice idea, web site, and price! your blog is added to my reader :D

colinplamondon2• 17 years ago

Thanks! Guess I should go and publish the post I wrote today, then ;)

alexsolo• 17 years ago

Yes, I am a co-founder of http://www.pagerduty.com.

scottdw2• 17 years ago

Yes.

Founder of http://www.transactor.com

flooha• 17 years ago

I'm the founder of http://flooha.com

kbrower• 17 years ago

Yes. Founder of http://www.recipepuppy.com

udfalkso• 17 years ago

Very nicely done. I'm gonna use this.

The name is a bit weird though. I own makefoodnow.com and usemyingredients.com, let me know if you're interested in a trade of some sort.

hajrice6• 17 years ago

Wow, the website looks awesome. I always wondered if one of these existed.

dannyr2• 17 years ago

Founder of http://www.launchset.com

run4yourlives2• 17 years ago

That's a pretty cool site... have you had issues getting people to sign up on either side?

dannyr2• 17 years ago

Thanks.

Right now, I'm talking to different startups who might need the service.

I think most startups build their own because they don't know there is a service like this out there.

I ran an ad campaign on Google for some keywords and it looks like people don't really search for it.

8plot• 17 years ago

Yes, I am the founder of http://StoryMash.com

mid• 17 years ago

Yes, http://www.fatfreecrm.com, also co-founded White Pajama, NextAge Technologies, and Fat Free Software.

csbartus3• 17 years ago

+1, we need it!

ryanspahn2• 17 years ago

Currently - http://sleep.fm and some other things too, soon to be released.

hajrice6• 17 years ago

Love the UI!

mgrouchy3• 17 years ago

It does look quite snazzy.

iamwil• 17 years ago

Glad to see that you're still around and still kicking it, with a better looking webpage.

jerome_etienne• 17 years ago

i'm the founder of http://urfastr.net and another one not yet annonced

terpua• 17 years ago

Cofounder of http://isyncd.com going after sharepoint and box.net. Previously founding country manager for friendster philippines.

callmeed• 17 years ago

Yes, co-founder and head of development for http://bigfolio.com + http://nextproof.com

Currently in our 5th year. "Ramen profitable" on day 1, and now "expensive sushi profitable".

I don't know if we're still considered a "startup" but we still try and act like one ... new, cool stuff always in the works.

shafqat• 17 years ago

I'm the cofounder of NewsCred. http://www.newscred.com is our consumer site, but we are more focused on a B2B solution (not public yet).

YuriNiyazov• 17 years ago

Yup, http://facetoflife.com

PStamatiou• 17 years ago

Yup. http://skribit.com "cure writer's/blogger's block"

knightinblue• 17 years ago

Love this one.

oschnaps• 17 years ago

co-founder of www.justthrive.com

smmcbride• 17 years ago

http://www.familymatic.com/ is my spare-time startup. It's mostly ready for launch, now I'm trying to figure out how to market it.

azsromej• 17 years ago

yes, working on http://rankforest.com and another unreleased project

jamwt• 17 years ago

Cofounder of http://shoptalkapp.com .

At this point, we all three (co-founders) participate pretty evenly in the hacking, strategy, marketing, etc.

hajrice6• 17 years ago

Neat, I like the website. No offence but I think you guys could use a bit of UI improvement. If you need any help please feel free to contact me.

bjelkeman-again• 17 years ago

Co-founder of http://akvo.org/

mrshoe• 17 years ago

I'm a cofounder of http://shoptalkapp.com

nico• 17 years ago

Co-founder: http://www.medularis.com, previously http://www.lemontech.cl and also worked at http://www.needish.com

delano• 17 years ago

I'm a founder and VP of sales at Solutious Inc.

http://solutious.com/

brianr• 17 years ago

I'm the code-writing founder at http://www.lolapps.com .

hajrice6• 17 years ago

Cool office.

lyime• 17 years ago

I am the founder of http://mugasha.com So far my role has been focused on development. As we get closer to our launch my role has been shifting and is more of other things. Honestly, I pretty much have to have my hand in everything.

jbr• 17 years ago

I'm co-founder of http://www.stormweight.com/ -- realtime brainstorming and voting for small teams. I alternate between title of "technical co-founder" and "ceo," depending on audience.

lux• 17 years ago

I started Simian Systems (simian.ca) when I was 20. Still going, so I guess it's not a startup any more...

Also co-founded Dojo Learning (dojolearning.com) which is still a work in progress.

I'm considering a switch to a "technomad" lifestyle and becoming a full-time touring musician, which I guess will be my next business venture. I don't think that quite qualifies as a "startup" though :)

cstefanovici2• 17 years ago

Founder of http://www.blibu.com I'm the developer, designer... and the rest

hajrice6• 17 years ago

Hey, the website is down.

cstefanovici2• 17 years ago

I am in touch with Twitter API folks to fix problems. Sometimes it goes down for a few seconds. We are looking into caching results so that the Search API is not queried on every page load.

wastedbrains• 17 years ago

Currently cofounder of http://devver.net currently acting at CTO mostly doing development.

tici_882• 17 years ago

yes, founder of http://wwww.kartamobile.com

tici_882• 17 years ago

yes, founder of http://www.kartamobile.com

ikhare• 17 years ago

Co-founder of http://zintin.com (with now only one real product left on the iPhone: Scribble). Co-founder of: http://photophonebook.com

swombat• 17 years ago

Looks like there are a lot of founders here!

Me too. Cofounder and CTO of http://www.woobius.com

jon_dahl• 17 years ago

Yep - co-founder of one startup too many. :)

-- http://tumblon.com

-- http://zencoder.tv and http://flixcloud.com

nkohari2• 17 years ago

I'm co-founder of http://agilezen.com/ -- lean project management app based on ideas from the Toyota Production System.

I'm in charge of developing and maintaining the product, and my other co-founder/wife is in charge of keeping the business running.

yannis• 17 years ago

Great application! With a bit of work it can jump!

nkohari2• 17 years ago

Thanks. :)

raghus• 17 years ago

I started http://feedfliks.com

tonystubblebine• 17 years ago

Founder of http://www.crowdvine.com. I built the first version myself, which was enough to get us to profitability. These days I mostly talk on the phone.

mjh• 17 years ago

I'm founder of penetration testing laboratories. Site isn't launched yet, so I fall into the pre-launch founder status.

The idea is based on providing a tool box for auditors and n00bs to do security testing from. So far the environment is setup and development is slow coming but I expect it to launch in some form by the end of the year.

umbrae• 17 years ago

Yep, creator of Kindling - http://www.kindlingapp.com - Incubated inside my company, Arc90.

Kindling is an idea collaboration engine. Meant to find brilliance within an organization.

zarqman• 17 years ago

Yes, founder of http://zerigo.com - cloud-infrastructure services.

I'm with several others... founders tend to do a bit of everything. I'm no exception. :)

amitt• 17 years ago

Cofounder of MyMiniLife. Was recently acquired by Zynga: http://www.myminilife.com

vdibart• 17 years ago

Founder of http://www.whizkidsports.com. Still a work in progress, hopefully ready by beginning of next baseball season.

arohner2• 17 years ago

Founder at http://reasonr.com It's an improvement on forums/Yahoo Answers for troubleshooting technical problems. Similar technology to hunch.com but applied to a practical use.

Warning: Still young, obviously needs a lot more polish before prime time.

bdmac97• 17 years ago

Founder of http://www.launchly.com - we provide feedback and analytics to other web startups to help them succeed.

Currently the only "employee" so I guess I'm CEO, CTO, CxO too!

herval• 17 years ago

founder of http://www.mapservices.org/myguestmap and a couple of brazilian projects: http://www.investidorvirtual.com (currently being reworked for legal reasons), http://www.bloobox.com.br (not a web service, but still.. tech), http://www.cnnt.com.br, http://www.sollipsis.com (my current company) and a lot of pet projects that never seen the light of day.. :-)

s-phi-nl• 17 years ago

http://hnstartups.com/ was started to list the startups of HN users. However, it does not check that a submitter really is a HN user, so it's mostly spam now.

zackham• 17 years ago

Co-founder of http://ridewithgps.com - we're launching a huge redesign on Saturday, but have had a positive response to our features so far.

cullenking3• 17 years ago

Second co-founder. There are three of us, Zack and I handle most of the business, code and community relations, while Cameron handles all the graphics. Cameron's work has evolved into a complete redesign of our site, which will finally get us away from the comical blocky layout we currently have.

jalammar• 17 years ago

Yes, founder of http://www.Qaym.com, a local business review site in Arabic

abyssknight• 17 years ago

I guess technically I am, but I tend to be more of the hired-help role. ;)

Things I've founded alone:

http://fragtweet.com A simple Twitter & OAuth app in rails. Proof of concept and left dormant for now. It appears a competitor has been born that does everything I planned on doing, and does it well. Who am I to argue with progress? ;)

Things I helped build, but did not found:

http://ordercounter.com I helped these guys bootstrap when I was in college. Both founders are friends of mine, and I was asked to join in as a 30% stock holder but turned it down. I built the web based back-office interface and the online ordering system which allowed restaurants to specify a polygonal delivery area. Most of this was in PHP with some PERL for the Geocoder::US interface.

http://theamericancritic.com I took this project as a contract in college. Everything was built from scratch sans libraries in PHP. Another dev stepped in to help but that didn't work out for my client. I still have a backlog of O&M updates to do for this one.

http://mybloglog.com Little known fact, I did actually sort of work on MyBlogLog before its acquisition by Yahoo. I helped test the app internally at Cloudspace and designed the VC diagrams for the negotiations. I left the company before the sale, but it felt pretty good to be a part of that in any capacity.

cullenking3• 17 years ago

Co-founder of a route mapping and performance analysis site, http://ridewithgps.com/ aimed at cyclists. Currently at 1100 users, 4000 user submitted routes and 1300 uploaded trips. Looking to upset the market leaders in a very lucrative industry that is void of innovation.

There are three of us, Zack and I are code/business/advertising and Cameron is graphic design. Works really well so far! We have a complete redesign launching this weekend, with an aggressive feature map after our re-launch.

vivekamn• 17 years ago

Co-founder Founder of www.radaptive.com an Asset Management and Ticketing solution(running in Ebay/paypal/danger-now Microsoft! and ask.com. Role: I handle all things technical.

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