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Rob Johnson : Tumblr Audio

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:58:54 +0000

I would be interested in going to this show.

Redeye VC : Help me rename "Lifestyle Business"

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:25:07 +0000

There are two types of hitters in baseball, one is the homerun hitter, the other is the base hitter. I think you can work off this connotation with the term "RBI-Business" but that sounds forced: Reaistically, I think the proper connotation already exists in "Lean Startup" for later stage companies that are set on this model and Bootstrapped for companies that haven't decided yet.

Startup Weekend San Francisco 2 : Collaboration: The Dick Principle

Mon, 6 Apr 2009 17:42:23 +0000

lets keep replies civil please.

BIL : Wait-List

Tue, 3 Feb 2009 21:33:08 +0000

Awesome, glad we won't have to turn people away!

Feld Thoughts : My Quest for WordPress Plugins

Mon, 6 Oct 2008 16:59:27 +0000

Yep, just a preference thing.

Feld Thoughts : My Quest for WordPress Plugins

Mon, 6 Oct 2008 16:35:23 +0000

Also WPhone -- which let's you do mobile administration (and writing) pretty well.

PRWeek US : Interview: Samantha Topping - PRWeek US

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:03:54 +0000

Hey Sam, thanks for the mention of Involver! We're really excited about our opportunity to help people really get in command of powerful video marketing campaigns. If anyone who watches this would like some more information, feel free to email me at tyler@involver.com Thanks again Sam!

IntenseDebate Blog : Automattic Acquires IntenseDebate

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:43:37 +0000

Awesome job, looks like the days of having disqus installed on my blog may be numbered :) Congrats for you -- and to Wordpress for making a smart/monster move in this space.

Ectropic Thoughts : Amazing talk on structural issues with the military

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:01:12 +0000

Now that you're a blogger, you gotta start giving hat-tips to the people that share cool stuff with you! (www.tylerwillis.net)

Feld Thoughts : What Do You Suck At?

Wed, 28 May 2008 14:23:19 +0000

I would say I have the opposite problem, I suck at focus. I love big concepts and ideas -- and I often lost sight of steps that need to be completed.

I like working, I often get into grooves where I can get some great detailed work done. But I really suck at remembering, listing, prioritizing, and logically completing tasks at hand. Instead, I just kind of float in and out of what my mind thinks is most important at the time (and usually I'll remember something else and switch to that halfway through a task).

If I wanted to blow smoke up anyone's rear-end I'd call this holistic work -- in reality it's plain unproductive.

Cool exercise btw, helps to remember that you need to work with other people who's strengths are where your weaknesses are. Thank god I have a co-worker who is very methodical and can remind me of these things.

Startup Weekend San Francisco — November 16-18 : Inside Startup Weekend: Coming soon to a couch near you

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 17:43:27 +0000

You are awesome. Pure Awesomeness. So far that's the best SWSF story yet.

Startup Weekend San Francisco — November 16-18 : Idea Form

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:19:22 +0000

You should speak with Andrew Hyde about this, he had an idea that had a different approach, but a very similar topic. Here's a vid: http://www.vimeo.com/315089 (1:05-1:57)

Startup Weekend San Francisco — November 16-18 : Idea Form

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:45:21 +0000

Pros will resell this service to their clients. Using them as our salesforce we can have a package cost that the wedding party pays for to have the service available to all guests (both upload and access). The photographer gets a piece of this upfront, and then gets a second bite when people order his/her photos. We should set up mechanisms to handle printing and shipping outside of snapfly/etc. - that way we can also allow printing of the guests shots, and take the full profit for those.

Startup Weekend San Francisco — November 16-18 : Idea Form

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:41:53 +0000

mind linking to a few? My girlfriend will thank you :)

Startup Weekend San Francisco — November 16-18 : Idea Form

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:40:46 +0000

I'd love to hear your suggestions. I particularly like the idea of translation tools. Not sure if that's the right idea, but it's definitely a great thing to think about. What do you want to build Rob?

Startup Weekend San Francisco — November 16-18 : Idea Form

Thu, 8 Nov 2007 15:46:07 +0000

I'm with Shanti on this, we should get behind an idea that we love and think will help people, but the process should be just as important if not more important then the destination.

Startup Weekend San Francisco — November 16-18 : Idea Form

Thu, 8 Nov 2007 11:13:50 +0000

This idea is stolen from the Boulder forum. My apologies to David Cohen but, like him, I would REALLY benefit from this service. Here's David's idea:

Here’s a wacky one I’ve had in my head for a year or so now. I am always forgetting to buy gifts.

So you enter birthdays of your mom, your sister, your niece, etc into the site. For each person, pick the (multiple) types of gifts they would like (flowers, toys, gift certificates, etc) and the amount you’d like to spend for that occasion ($10, $20, $30, $50, etc).

A week before that birthday, the user gets an email with 3 gift options (randomized based on the types of things they marked as appropriate for this person) at the appropriate price level.

One click, and it’s ordered.

You could even have an option to simply “send it” if the email isn’t responded to in time, etc (I’d use that).

The site gets revenue from ecommerce commissions or quantity discounts.

Simple, but it solves a real problem.

Startup Weekend San Francisco — November 16-18 : Idea Form

Wed, 7 Nov 2007 13:45:16 +0000

Take a look at www.cofoundr.com - they are trying to do this. I'd love to see this done in a way that's useful (as I've searched for co-founders online before), but there are very large barriers to success here.

1) Ideas - do you share the complete nuts and bolts of your idea openly if you're looking to devote the next 3-5 years of your life to it? Not really. As an entrepreneur interested in helping someone with an idea - I'm not going to sign an NDA that early in the conversation (just like VCs, people will simply look at too many projects to open themselves up to the legal risks).

2) Trust - Hard to generate the level of trust required for people to co-found a company together. Projects are fine because you can fire people, bring new people on, redefine the specs, etc -- Startups require a LOT of dedication and loyalty to the guy/gal next to you in the foxhole. I can't imagine doing that successfully with someone I didn't know. (Then again, online dating works to some degree, maybe I'm old fashioned in this respect).

3) Quality of Work - How do you judge who's good without seeing them in action. I wouldn't bring on a co-founder/partner based on a good resume, I'd want to work with them first.

How could these 3 issues be fixed?

Startup Weekend San Francisco — November 16-18 : Idea Form

Wed, 7 Nov 2007 13:32:11 +0000

This is blatantly awesome. Socially conscious network gaming. This is similar to the idea above about creating positive network reenforcement for eating right, working out, preventing carpal tunnel, etc. Honestly though this feels like the launch product of a system that could evolve to include all these "games" that improve your life and reward you socially on your network.

What about as a prize we offer bragging rights (in form of virtual decoration and points) that reward consistent effort, recruitment, improvement, and top rankings (most active state, or college, or city, or individual within any given network, etc).

James - this is an awesome idea.

Startup Weekend San Francisco — November 16-18 : Idea Form

Wed, 7 Nov 2007 13:24:44 +0000

An electronic running partner. We all know going to the gym with friends motivates us more because we don't want to let our friends down. People work together with friends to get more healthy. If we came up with a smart way to discourage cheating we could introduce competitions between groups. "Who's the healthiest company in silicon valley" etc.