Reading that article it seems that Kevin Rose really had the most interesting & useful tips.
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I think the part where she says senior girls only have 1 class to choose from is at least partially true. Being on campus I've noticed that college girls want to date older guys. This also means that they dislike dating younger men. I'm not saying it's true for every girl, nor am I saying that women can only date older men. It's just a preference they have. Why is she getting all offended? Does she really think senior girls would want to date a freshman? Come on now.
Also she's making a lot of statements that she (and many other people) have observed in life. Like the idea that men marry pretty but stupid girls (it does happen... all the time). I'm not saying that it's great, but it's what happens.
Just seems like a feminist who can't get a grip on the reality of things.
Good luck.
Although they don't say it outright, it strongly implies that the game industry is not as profitable as it once was.
I haven't been a gamer for years, so it's shocking that these sites/publications are shutting down.
Can someone enlighten me as far as what's going on in the gaming industry?
Let's not even go into the fact that there's a high likelihood this project won't even take off considering the high amount of competition out there.
But there are tons of uncontrollable situations that you MIGHT run into, even if there's a 0.01% chance that it will happen.
- What if someone sues you and you go bankrupt?
- What if someone offers to buy you out for 1 billion dollars?
- What if (God forbid) one of the original founders passes away and the rest of the founders decide it's no longer worth it to keep it going?
- What if the founding team just realizes the project is no longer for them?
- What if after the founding team retires, the people that they pass it onto decide THEY don't want to keep going with it?
I'm just not buying it, and I feel like a lot of people will have the same skepticism.
Also there are a couple sites on the list that shouldn't be there. They look just as similar to your site as your site looks to the Mercurial theme.
I'm a startup founder and I've been to a costume party or two in my time. I'm not just at home coding all day. And yes, I've drank alcohol before and had fun, drunken, crazy nights.
For some reason I feel like the people who are bitter about this show are bitter because they work 24/7 and are completely stressed out. They don't like the idea that some people are making startups and having fun as well.
In the end, though, people need to stop taking this thing so seriously. They obviously took 6 people with the most extreme personalities out of Silicon Valley to do a TV show to ENTERTAIN. People understand that. People know that not everybody in Jersey acts like the guys in Jersey Shore.
I will say that the Sarah girl annoyed the hell out of me. When she said that one of her tweets was worth $10,000 I just laughed. She barely even has any followers.
Was your girlfriend able to redeem her credits?
Why did you stop at only $1000?
I'm not fond of the name too much.
You don't necessarily have to go to "business-oriented" events. Just go to some startup-oriented events and you'll meet tons of people that could potentially be co-founders.
Groupon / LivingSocial are upfront about how their deals are conducted. People know that they are giving away 50% of the proceeds. Groupon doesn't say, HEY! The customers that come through us are going to be loyal repeat customers!
It's pointless to blame LivingSocial and Groupon for poor business planning and execution.
A friend of mine had outsourced development and later on that dev team said they wouldn't finish the product unless they take 50% equity of the company. Of course this happened because he had very little experience outsourcing, so if you have found a reliable team to do your work then it's fine.
I just think incubators are worried about it because a large majority of the time it doesn't end up working.
As far as single founder goes, I've found it invaluable to have a co-founder. Even just for the emotional aspect and to keep each other accountable for the work is an important part of having a co-founder.
Check your city to see if they have any meetups (Meetup.com and Google). If you live in any of the cities that have active startup communities there are definitely meetups. Or just check if there are any upcoming networking events in the local area.
Go to the meetups and meet everyone and anyone you can. Try to make real relationships with these people. Become completely ingrained within your city's startup community.
You'll be surprised where a little bit of networking goes.
Another tip: Apply to an incubator/accelerator. If you don't think you're good enough to get into Ycombinator, then apply to the lower-tier ones. Even the worst incubators can be immensely helpful for someone who isn't plugged in to the community.
You say you will ask [someone] to leave no matter how many years you've known each other, but you're missing the point. The goal is to not let any of your team leave the startup. That's how startups fail.
That's why you need to have built a pre-existing relationship. Sure, there's still a chance your co-founder (who's your friend) just won't mesh with you, but it's much less likely than if you just start working with a complete stranger.
I'm not a fan of the branding. Your name: Mama Always Says - it's too long and too easy to misspell (double A and double S in the URL).
I think your tagline needs to go. Why are you telling people not to write a review unless they have something nice to say? People want unbiased reviews, what's the point for them looking for reviews if its only going to be a good review? People WANT to see bad reviews so they know what places to avoid.
UI needs major improvement. Just doesn't look like whoever designed it has any design skills at all. Too busy and cluttered.