Feel free to reach out to me if you'd like to have a conversation about how to support your case on Heroku or if you have any questions/concerns; raj@heroku.com
Precisely what i've been looking for. Thought Gist was a solution. They got it wrong, you guys got it right.Was actually planning on building this for myself.
I hate feature creep too, but important:
1. Company pages for company e-mails
2. Merging contacts
3. how to smartly import facebook and linkedin like gist does i.e. keep the people with companies, chuck the rest.
So, that brings up another good point. StackOverflow, like answers.OnStartups was leveraged from an already burgeoning community, and quickly got other communities involved. With something grassroots, are you stuck in a chicken and egg problem?
I feel like if there are questions, there can be answers (some of us are better at google than others.. or less lazy or whatever) but if there aren't questions, it's dead.
yes i am so very excited about it.
they seem to not have embraced the same philosophies i have been exposed to around this community. i'm going to try to share what i have learned there though i dont have much experience applying it
Sure, and if online dating (representative of your example of meeting singles with a pre-determined description) was unsuccessful, I would agree with you. Also, I'm not sure I see the example as completely congruous. At a bar, you're not really predisposed to a potential partner. In a search for a co-founder, what if you're looking for someone that really complements your skillset really well, or someone that has a clearly defined passion for your space?
I think that a lot of the dialogue about trusting cofounders and having them have been BFFs for life is grand, but not everybody gets that lucky. As far as go forth and hack is concerned, aren't we talking about the same thing, except in one case we're having discussion prior to working together, and the other you eliminate that step and get started.
It's not ideal-sure. But this is the toughest thing 99% of people have ever done. Why not use all available methods for success?
Brilliant. I've always liked Jobnob's "find people to help with your startup for free" events, where the participants can preview the companies and see which ones they would like to work for as well. I think it would also facilitate things if we had some kind of public wiki with which to display companies and/or individual's backgrounds.
