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Archive for November, 2007
I saw an article on TechCrunch today about an interested start-up called Snooth. It essentially a very comprehensive Web 2.0 database of wines. While I cannot claim myself to be a wine connoisseur, I admit that I stuck around for a while just browsing the selections and seeing what I can do. It turns out [...]
I showed the site to my mom tonight. She thought everything was really cool, although she wasn’t very impressed by the fact that we haven’t indexed the movies so that you can search for foreign movies by their English titles yet. But she did like our browse feature’s functionality and all the cool [...]
Mmm stale olives.
In: Gastronomic Woes
19 Nov 2007I just showed up at Stan’s place about ten minutes ago and saw a couple pizza boxes on the floor. It didn’t look like there were any actual slices left, but there were some little olives and mushroom bits strewn across the greasy ridged paper at the bottom of the box, just enough to [...]
Macroeconomics 101
In: Market
16 Nov 2007Steven and I had an interesting conversation late Wednesday night (by the way, we’re roommates)–we were talking about the sub-prime lending meltdown and how it’s affecting the rest of the economy. Earlier that day, I was listening to some guest on NPR’s Fresh Air argue how an American recession is inevitable due to: weakened [...]
How to start a startup revisited
In: Team
12 Nov 2007Tons of advice out there on how to best start a startup, just like you can get advice on how to do everything in your life (relationships, work, health, finances, and on and on). Well, much of it is intuitive, but not all, and it is always nice to have validation that you are doing [...]
Laser-focused
10 Nov 2007When I was an analyst at Goldman Sachs, a lot of my VP’s and MD’s had catch phrases they would use to keep us motivated through difficult times.
“You are living the dream.”
“Great work, guy.”
“U da man.”
“Let’s rage.”
These messages didn’t have as much of an effect on me when I was sleeping on a drool-stained couch [...]
How to Start a Startup
8 Nov 2007Recently, I shared a famous article with the HelloMovies team called “How to Start a Startup”. The author, Paul Graham, ran a successful enterprise software startup in the 90s which he subsequently sold for millions. In 2005 he wrote “How to Start a Startup” to chronicle his success and philosophy on entrepreneurship; since [...]
Highlights from the 11/5 HelloMovies Meeting…
In: Team
6 Nov 2007Steven drove the meeting, sticking to a tight agenda of discussion items. As you can see, Steven was thinking really hard (indicated by the hand on his chin):
Chris showed up to the meeting late, but still had time to strike a pose for the camera:
Dave sat back in his chair and gently scolded us [...]
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