Should we even be encouraging founders outside of the Bay Area and NYC from taking on large amounts of VC funding?
I'm hesitant to push middle America founders in this direction... their ecosystems don't have the infrastructure to truly support the companies. Taking on too much VC money is dangerous for them!
This is essentially a Series A, so why call it a "second seed round"? Feels questionable to me.
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At Quirky, we believe that the best ideas in the world aren't actually in the world -- they're locked in people's heads. We exist to solve that problem.
We are looking for senior developers in many departments. We have three main applications: - Quirky.com Rails / Backbone application - Quirky iOS and Android apps - Wink - Our app-enabled product line launching this fall
Our coolest perk is Quirky Blackout (http://www.quirky.com/blackout) a mandatory, company-wide week vacation at the end of every quarter. Here is where people went last Blackout: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07NlWUGFuTM
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Only 106 days until a new Thunderbolt Display! I really hope that it turns into an "Apple TV" announcement.
1. Four of my friends have subscriptions, the only items we have all received were a pair of dark jeans.
2. The fit has been excellent for me. I am a slim build between small and medium so I get shirts in both sizes. They know their brands and how they run.
3. They have a settings page with on/off switches that let you opt in or out of all clothing items. You can even send the stylists pictures of clothing you already have and ask them to find something that matches.
I've been using Bombfell since the summer and absolutely love it. If you have any questions on how it works, I'll try my best to answer them.
They probably have mapped a list of IP address blocks to universities. Pretty clever :)
I am really excited to see what companies like Boundless (http://boundless.com) do to disrupt the college textbook market.
Boundless is taking OER resources and syncing it up to the chapters in existing textbooks, so a student can enter the textbook for the course and get a customized online replacement.
I only use one, three, and five stars, and it determines the "mood" of the song. One star songs are slow and chill, Three star songs are upbeat, and five star songs you'll want to rock out to.
I like the idea of using stars to indicate favorite tracks. iTunes has a 5 star rating system that I use to keep my music organized and I wish Rdio had the same.
We totally would, but a class-action isn't possible under US law. The Supreme Court ruled for AT&T in AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion:
"Under the Federal Arbitration Act, California must enforce arbitration agreements even if the agreement requires that consumer complaints be arbitrated individually (instead of on a class-action basis)." - http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/att-mobility-v-co...
We have a guide explaining how other customers can take AT&T to small claims court on our blog: http://blog.publikdemand.com/how-to-fight-att-in-small-claim...
The chart of a woman's mood throughout the month makes sense, but It is scientifically proven?
Sounds great. A key section to this email could be showcasing the sessions I actually attend (which is often quite different than what I RSVP for!). Will there be any check-inesque functionality for sessions?
This looks great. The "recap" email after SXSW with videos, photos, etc from the sessions sounds interesting...how often does Lanyrd send these types of emails?
Quick thing to fix:
When the page loads in my browser (1366x768 resolution), it automatically scrolls me down the page a bit, enough so that I cannot see the EasyCal logo without scrolling back up.
This is because of the auto-focus on the email address text field under "Interested in using Easy Cal?". Maybe remove that and only apply it when "I want to try it!" is clicked?
Preservation of Twitter and other real-time services is definitely important, but not just for personal use. I'm also interested in viewing the tweet history of my friends, evolution of certain hash tags, etc.
My startup http://keepstream.com is involved in this real-time curation (Twitter now, more services later). I would love to chat with anyone interested in the subject; my contact information is in my profile.
Found it! Googled "biz stone twootball" http://twitter.com/biz/status/976238704
The tweet was via text. Most accidental tweets come from responding to the DM text Twitter sends.
One UX question that I haven't figured out from watching the video: how does scrolling of the timeline work?
Chicago is as expensive as New York? Really?
Cool idea, except the tweet sent out only includes a link to http://twitbet.com/. Instead, you should link to my personal bracket that I just filled out, so that my friends can see how badly I am at picking winners in college basketball.
Building a successful startup hub in most cities is extremely difficult. That certifiable, go-to “hero” as mentioned in the article just doesn’t exist in most places. In fact, if our standard of hero is Ron Conway or Fred Wilson, the rest of the country is screwed.
Being based in Cleveland right now, I have met scores of people who are very enthusiastic about building a startup community. However, everyone I’ve met in Cleveland is new to the game with only one or two startups under their belt. The vast majority of startups are extremely early stage, and I could list the number of strong, successful technology startups on one hand. There is nobody who could step up to become a hero, as that level of experience just simply isn’t here.
I believe that there is strength in numbers, however. A real sense of ownership in the direction of the city is starting to take place with the entrepreneurs in Northeast Ohio, mostly centered around the programming meetup groups. This grassroots-style startup culture takes time and is not as flashy as a big name hero, but it’s a start.
We just invited a bunch of new users onto our site earlier tonight and I freaked out thinking they broke our server, until I saw this :)
This seems interested, I'd love to help you beta test.
jimengland at gmail
Invites are coming later in the day according to Stephanie Hannon (Google Wave team member): http://twitter.com/twephanie/status/4497929072
I've been waiting for a real competitor to VisualCV to show up, and shown up it has. Congrats on the launch!
You're going to have some local Cleveland competition this year. Watch yourself!
I don't see how this can work... yet.
Right now, even with broadband internet connections, players consistently experience game-ruining latency, and that is sending magnitudes less information.
I seriously doubt that OnLive could work in the U.S.; the broadband infrastructure just isn't there yet. Korea and Japan, on the other hand? Sign me up!