My so-called startup life

Free Idea Friday!!!!

David Wang — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:20:10 +0000

It’s Free Idea Friday! So, today’s inspiration is my doctor’s visit this morning. I thought it’d be fun to “futurize” my visit today. Check-in: So my doctor’s office is pretty advanced in that they have a automated call that calls me in the day before to see if I’m still going. I have a feeling that, [...]

Your idea sucks, now go do it

David Wang — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:25:01 +0000

Someone on Newtech posted this interesting blog post from 2008 (an oldie but a goodie) – Odds are, your idea probably sucks, so hurry up and go do it. From what I understand, VC’s and Angels expect about 20% of their investments to be home runs, 30% to get their money back, and 50% to [...]

Wordpress Setup

David Wang — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:05:53 +0000

So a handful of friends have asked me what I use to blog and how this blog is setup. I pretty much setup all my blogs the same way, using Wordpress as a base, then installing several plugins into the wordpress system to make it more available, linked, and integrated with my other tools such [...]

Explanation of the different types of hosting options

David Wang — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:19:42 +0000

‘What type of hosting should I get?’ I’ve had this question asked of me several times by other entrepreneurs, I thought i’d cover the pros and cons of each of the different types that you can get. Hopefully it will help you decide what the best approach is for your startup. dedicated server – this is [...]

Free Idea Friday

David Wang — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:49:05 +0000

Every week i’ll blurt out (really that’s what it is, a blurt) some product ideas I have for a specific technology. This week it’ll be the ipad. So i’ve been thinking a lot about the ipad, especially after reading Paul Bucheit’s thoughts on it. I was pretty excited to hear about the ipad when it was [...]

Startup Digest – go make your own luck

David Wang — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:43:03 +0000

There’s a great article on venture hacks about going out to the StartupDigest events and making your own luck. I have to be honest, i’m not really an out going person and making that stretch to actually talk to people is a difficult thing for me. No excuses, but I think its a byproduct of [...]

Open Angel Forum in NYC

David Wang — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:40:40 +0000

Looks like Open Angel Forum is coming to NYC. Not sure what the deadline is for the applications, but the event is on April 8th. For a little background, Jason Calcanis learned that certain groups of angels were charging entrepreneurs to present. He made a huge stink about it on his show This Week In Startups [...]

Tech Crunch Disrupt – New York May 24 -26

David Wang — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:13:51 +0000

There’s so much buzz around the new york tech scene right now. Open Angel Forums is coming and now Tech Crunch Disrupt. I’ve always felt that NY was a great place to start a company, but it’s been difficult because of the lack of support for people (like me) that doesn’t know anyone. (I know, [...]

By-product Innovation

David Wang — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:33:31 +0000

I just love it when I see entrepreneurs use some by-product of what they have to create something new and innovative. For instance take this entrepreneur: Philip Tellis. He’s thought of a great use for the 404 page. For those of you who don’t know, a 404 page is the page you receive when you [...]

Can Entrepreneurs Be Made? Sure, why not?

David Wang — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:04:58 +0000

There’s been a lot of talk recent on TWiST and in the Tech scene about whether or not Entrepreneurs can be made (which I believe stemmed from Fred Wilson’s initial post on the matter). I say, sure, why not? I look at entrepreneurship as a collection of skills that allow people to build businesses from [...]