Posts tagged startups
Paul Graham (founder, YCombinator) (via amandapey & mikehudack)
I wouldn’t say this is necessarily my experience of startup life, but interesting comparison/sentiment.
RT @bijan: @arrington it would be cool if there was an iphone crunchbase app.
I think this would only ever be used by VCs. Who needs startup/funding stats so quickly that they can’t use the (actually very good) website from their mobile device?
There’s a worrying trend of people thinking that any useful website they like needs a native mobile version. Sometimes websites are websites, apps are apps and they should both stick to what they do best.
“If Playfish can sell for $275 million and Zynga can attract big funding on reports of bigger revenue, there’s clearly life in the virtual goods game. So six Liverpool developers are hoping to emulate the success that pair has had in getting people to pay for things that don’t exist…”
Little World Gifts can haz stickers? Yes we can!
Lemme know if you want some with which to decorate your laptop/notepad/face.
“Although How-Do will be sticking to the booze and Terry’s Chocolate Oranges on its Xmas list, apparently more and more consumers are being bewitched by virtual gifts - the little twinkling trinkets that folk give to each other on social media sites such as Facebook.”
Songkick has a cool app/company timeline in their new space. This is great, all small teams should do this to remember just how much they actually accomplish. Easy to forget.
I should do this for my general life too. It’s so easy to let the days pass by without stopping to reflect.
I can definitely see its use for startups/small teams.
“How many people are coming? Who eats lots? Who’s a vegetarian? Who likes spicy stuff? Do vegetarians like spicy stuff? Man, I need to draw a Venn diagram”.
