My so-called startup life

getting feedback feels awesome in that painful sort of way

David Wang — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:51:36 +0000

I liken it to working out. You’re pushing some metal up. Your arms are burning. Everything in your body is screaming ‘WTF ARE YOU DOING THIS FOR’. Your arms are about to give. Your spotter is saying ‘Come on, just one more!’ It hurts, you want to give up, but you know you can do [...]

Why you need a co-founder (from the tech point of view)

David Wang — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 04:01:40 +0000

I’ve always known that I’ve needed a co-founder, but I haven’t really found one that is interested in what I’m working on, has the same level of commitment, or can put the nose to the grind like I want them do (I’m a workaholic). Recently however, I finally understand why you really need one. From a [...]

Co-Founder Search

David Wang — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 01:34:49 +0000

So finding a co-founder is really hard, but it just got a little easier! Someone has setup a google spreadsheet of people looking for co-founders! http://spreadsheets.google.com/lv?key=t1_0CjyeF5QqMwgh6AFGtqA&type=view&gid=9&f=true&colid0=4&filterstr0=new%20york%2C%20ny&sortcolid=-1&sortasc=true&rowsperpage=25

Launch of Simplizt

David Wang — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 19:34:59 +0000

I’d like to announce the launch of Simplizt.com! Simplizt is an intuitive task management system that I developed after trying to find a system that was simple and straight forward to use. I felt all the other systems out there lacked three features I was looking for: the ability to have tasks live on multiple [...]

Are you willing to strikeout?

David Wang — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 22:50:46 +0000

Simon Sinek brings up a great point on his Re:Focus blog “Are you willing to strikeout?” He talks about Babe Ruth, who set the home run record, while at the same time setting the league strike-out record. Most people want to hit home runs, the problem is they are afraid to fail in order to [...]

First Impressions of the iPad (my iPad review)

David Wang — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 22:47:08 +0000

So I decided to take some time out today to go to the Apple store and checkout the iPad. It’s MUCH lighter than I thought it would be. You can easily hold the device in one hand and can grip it enough that it won’t fall out of your hands easily. In addition, the add-on [...]

Fred Wilson’s 10 rules for a startup success

David Wang — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 20:53:06 +0000

Fred Wilson has listed out the 10 things he thinks are necessary for startup success on his blog. Keir Whitaker on Carsonified was nice enough to breakout the 10 things into a list for us: 1. Speed – If your application is slow, people won’t use it. 2. Instant Utility – the service is instantly useful to [...]

Buy the ticket, take the ride

David Wang — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 20:28:08 +0000

So while I was sick last week (which is why I didn’t get my free idea friday out! Sorry!). I watched the Hunter S. Thompson documentary, ‘Buy the ticket, take the ride’. Toward the end of the movie, they say ‘Buy the ticket, take the ride. As you get older, the ticket gets more expensive [...]

Finding a good co-founder

David Wang — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 03:35:19 +0000

Chris McCann covers this on his blog, and reiterates how some well-known investors look at the problem. This is pretty difficult thing to accomplish. I’ve worked with several so far and it’s pretty much been a bust for me each time. Various personality conflicts, scheduling, and commitments ended each relationship. And that’s what [...]

How Mint.com gained 1.5mi users

David Wang — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 03:12:41 +0000

Jason Putorti, blogs about how Mint.com gained 1.5 million users. I always wondered how a site which I thought had no SEO from the actual application was able to garner so many users. Now looking at the site, it’s actually a really well SEO’d site. I started looking at some of the key words they [...]