Bits and pieces about gaming, startups, social media. And whatever else I might find interesting :)Tumblr (3.0; @bobbyvoicu)http://bobbyvoicu.com/BobbyVoicu_comhttp://feedburner.google.com<a href="http://randfishkin.com/blog/128/misadventures-venture-capital-funding">Misadventures in VC Funding: The $24 Million Moz Almost Raised « Rand's Blog</a>: <p><span>Misadventures in VC Funding: The $24 Million Moz Almost Raised « Rand’s Blog</span></p> <blockquote> <p><span></span><span> One of the weird things I’ve found (which probably deserves a post of its own at some point) is that the larger your scale, the longer it takes to build product. <strong>You’d think that having 15 full-time engineers and a significant support team around them would mean faster development, but it doesn’t</strong> – the scale we need to support (nearly 14K paying customers and 250K+ users of our free products) for anything we release means far greater attention to architecture, reliability and quality then when we had two devs and 500 users.</span></p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BobbyVoicu_com/~4/xtmHiis694g" height="1" width="1"/>http://bobbyvoicu.com/post/23380882467http://bobbyvoicu.com/post/23380882467Sun, 20 May 2012 01:11:00 +0100vcfundinginvestmentstartup<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m489jdGLRj1rtp7dio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Learned to craft a pint of Guiness :D (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BobbyVoicu_com/~4/0xcxXsfpT5A" height="1" width="1"/>http://bobbyvoicu.com/post/23295918789http://bobbyvoicu.com/post/23295918789Fri, 18 May 2012 17:52:24 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m489j1WZVS1rtp7dio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Guess who is coming to dinner :D (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BobbyVoicu_com/~4/k5J5ociKczE" height="1" width="1"/>http://bobbyvoicu.com/post/23295911748http://bobbyvoicu.com/post/23295911748Fri, 18 May 2012 17:52:13 +0100<a href="http://gizmodo.com/5910223/how-yahoo-killed-flickr-and-lost-the-internet">How Yahoo Killed Flickr and Lost the Internet</a>: <blockquote> <p><span class="Apple-style-span">“The Flickr team was forced to focus on integration, not innovation. This played out in two key areas.”</span></p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BobbyVoicu_com/~4/Ttosj4l0HNM" height="1" width="1"/>http://bobbyvoicu.com/post/23132147191http://bobbyvoicu.com/post/23132147191Wed, 16 May 2012 00:46:47 +0100yahooflickrmistakesstartupfailfailure<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3yns4m22i1rtp7dio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Seeing Seinfeld’s show in Dublin. Didn’t think I would actually see his standup routine since he was kinda retired (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BobbyVoicu_com/~4/UaVTH-ICCW8" height="1" width="1"/>http://bobbyvoicu.com/post/22965661893http://bobbyvoicu.com/post/22965661893Sun, 13 May 2012 13:24:04 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3x128jJGr1rtp7dio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Seagull posing for pic (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BobbyVoicu_com/~4/G_2S-NK3ULM" height="1" width="1"/>http://bobbyvoicu.com/post/22904737475http://bobbyvoicu.com/post/22904737475Sat, 12 May 2012 16:15:44 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3utbzaMvl1rtp7dio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Charles Dowd at Dublin BIC Facebook Seminar (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">Instagram</a> at Dublin)</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BobbyVoicu_com/~4/-ZeAzHpbDCw" height="1" width="1"/>http://bobbyvoicu.com/post/22835133143http://bobbyvoicu.com/post/22835133143Fri, 11 May 2012 11:33:34 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3rp3qVIjC1rtp7dio1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Yeah, you should also try it :))</p> <p>You can play Solitaire against your friends (yes, at the same time!) in <a href="http://apps.facebook.com/SolitaireArena">Solitaire Arena</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BobbyVoicu_com/~4/CMxwgV5pc7A" height="1" width="1"/>http://bobbyvoicu.com/post/22724218727http://bobbyvoicu.com/post/22724218727Wed, 09 May 2012 19:09:26 +0100solitairegamescasualmultiplayertomjerry<a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/ryanmac/2012/05/01/reid-hoffman-and-peter-thiel-in-conversation-finding-the-best-candidates-for-the-job/">Reid Hoffman And Peter Thiel In Conversation: Finding The Best Candidates For The Job - Forbes</a>: <p>I like Hoffman a lot and it is quite interesting to see him interacting with his old Stanford buddy, and, of course, PayPal co-founder, Peter Thiel. It is a 5 part series of interviews (2-4 minutes each) and I really enjoyed it.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BobbyVoicu_com/~4/Lajk9oOiwwc" height="1" width="1"/>http://bobbyvoicu.com/post/22332863429http://bobbyvoicu.com/post/22332863429Thu, 03 May 2012 20:32:33 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3b51tRWVv1rtp7dio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Dublin decker (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BobbyVoicu_com/~4/CS3sf5x-wtE" height="1" width="1"/>http://bobbyvoicu.com/post/22136799391http://bobbyvoicu.com/post/22136799391Mon, 30 Apr 2012 20:34:41 +0100<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://runningastartup.tumblr.com/post/21980720819/when-i-get-a-bill-from-our-lawyer-im-like">runningastartup</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><img height="129" src="http://i.imgur.com/AT5YB.gif" width="158"/></p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BobbyVoicu_com/~4/Y33Vmy4gt1Y" height="1" width="1"/>http://bobbyvoicu.com/post/22121899191http://bobbyvoicu.com/post/22121899191Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:04:00 +0100<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/jqT8U_kiYY8?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Read the full story of this video <a href="http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2012/04/getting-president-obama-to-play-with-your-product.html">here</a>. This is hustling at the max for an entrepreneur, making the president of the United States use your product (a robot ball controlled by an iPhone, in this case :D ).</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BobbyVoicu_com/~4/M4lNBIf4Nyo" height="1" width="1"/>http://bobbyvoicu.com/post/21941219189http://bobbyvoicu.com/post/21941219189Sat, 28 Apr 2012 00:42:56 +0100<a href="http://hashconspiracy.tumblr.com/post/21139571079/romania-a-surprise">#Conspiracy: Romania, a surprise</a>: <p>I almost fell in love (again) with my country : )</p> <p>Read more here: <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hashconspiracy.tumblr.com/post/21139571079/romania-a-surprise">hashconspiracy</a></p> <blockquote> <p class="p1">Disclaimer: I was hung over and sleep depraved when I wrote this at Bucharest Airport. But I just re-read and I still agree. :)</p> <p class="p1"><img alt="Romanian Flag" height="286" src="http://www.h2hint.org/images/uploads/romania-flag.jpg" width="400"/></p> <p class="p1">I just spent 10 days in Romania. There was not a specific reason why I went, it was just a country that I have never visited so I booked a flight. A friend…</p> </blockquote><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BobbyVoicu_com/~4/CiXXvQsJoLA" height="1" width="1"/>http://bobbyvoicu.com/post/21854370938http://bobbyvoicu.com/post/21854370938Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:03:38 +0100travelromaniabucharestvampires“We’re in the business of convincing. It doesn’t matter if you’re the CEO, the co-founder… You need to convince customers, investors, clients, press…”<br/><br/> - <em>Startup Bootcamp Dublin - Pitch/Presentation Workshop</em><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BobbyVoicu_com/~4/PUcQfs17Z34" height="1" width="1"/>http://bobbyvoicu.com/post/21777014765http://bobbyvoicu.com/post/21777014765Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:51:58 +0100<a href="http://www.insidegamingdaily.com/2012/04/23/fan-edits-all-three-uncharted-games-into-feature-length-movies/">Uncharted Games Made into Movies by a Fan</a>: <p>A fan actually took all the action from the Uncharted games and made 3 movies. I love the games and I would love to “see” them as movies, since each of them took me from 12 to 16 hours of play :)</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BobbyVoicu_com/~4/SNd0yUmwYnw" height="1" width="1"/>http://bobbyvoicu.com/post/21717574071http://bobbyvoicu.com/post/21717574071Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:42:27 +0100<a href="http://www.thisisgoingtobebig.com/blog/2012/4/23/the-problem-with-startup-advice.html">The Problem with Startup Advice</a>: <blockquote> <p><span>What you should be doing is thinking about this more like a Pinterest board—meant to inspire and not necessarily for you to just buy everything.  When someone tells you they achieved success because they launched a mobile app, that means you should go off and consider whether it’s appropriate for what you’re doing to be on mobile.  Does it work for your customer?  Is what mobile did for someone else relevant to what you’re doing?</span></p> </blockquote> <p>You still need to think with your own brain. Fortunately :)</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BobbyVoicu_com/~4/D10avB9JYEw" height="1" width="1"/>http://bobbyvoicu.com/post/21654609343http://bobbyvoicu.com/post/21654609343Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:43:00 +0100“<p>Two years ago we invested $250,000 in Instagram. Thanks to the spectacular vision and effort of Kevin Systrom and the Instagram team, the investment will be worth $78,000,000 when the Faceboook acquisition closes. The work that Kevin and team did will go down as legend in the industry and we thank them immensely. We also thank our co-investors Steve Anderson of Baseline and Matt Cohler of Benchmark.</p> <p>Despite Instagram’s awesome performance and our monstrous return, a number of articles have come out criticizing us for not making even more money on our investment. Ordinarily, when someone criticizes me for only making 312 times my money, I let the logic of their statement speak for itself. However, in this case, the narrative that some critics put forth has the nasty side effect of casting two outstanding entrepreneurs—Kevin and Dalton Caldwell—in an unfair light and glosses over an important ethical issue that we faced. As a result, I will clarify what happened and why we didn’t make even more money.</p>”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://bhorowitz.com/2012/04/22/instagram/">Instagram // ben’s blog</a></em><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BobbyVoicu_com/~4/pZydb5wZPtA" height="1" width="1"/>http://bobbyvoicu.com/post/21648506422http://bobbyvoicu.com/post/21648506422Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:19:20 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2xpjulKA31rtp7dio1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p>Google.co.uk Doodle celebrating 30 years since the birth of Sinclair ZX Spectrum. Those were the times, I can’t believe I actually used one of those around 27 years ago.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BobbyVoicu_com/~4/W1RMgy40oj0" height="1" width="1"/>http://bobbyvoicu.com/post/21645097610http://bobbyvoicu.com/post/21645097610Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:31:06 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2vu07hFod1rtp7dio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I love <a href="http://www.soshable.com/">Soshable.com</a> ‘s tagline: <br/><br/><strong>“People Soshalize. They don’t care how it’s spelled. They just do it”</strong></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BobbyVoicu_com/~4/An4BriKEJys" height="1" width="1"/>http://bobbyvoicu.com/post/21567293272http://bobbyvoicu.com/post/21567293272Sun, 22 Apr 2012 14:12:00 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2tyc1jmIU1rtp7dio1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Amsterdam from the top, at Nemo Science Center</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BobbyVoicu_com/~4/mhufG7fT3Q8" height="1" width="1"/>http://bobbyvoicu.com/post/21492731022http://bobbyvoicu.com/post/21492731022Sat, 21 Apr 2012 13:50:25 +0100amsterdamnemo