On 04.06.10, In fairsoftware, by Alain Raynaud
Tweet By popular demand, we are happy to announce that your FairSoftware virtual startup can now share revenue from subscription services. When you create a product, you can now choose between the usual PayPal “Buy Now” button, or the “Subscribe” button. You can specify the length of the subscription in days, weeks, months or even [...]
On 03.13.10, In Co-Founders, by Alain Raynaud
Tweet Yesterday was the third Co-Founders MeetUp of Silicon Valley, which set a new attendance record of 120 people. 12 startups pitched their idea with the goal to attract co-founders. The quality of the ideas was very high. Another thing I liked is that this MeetUp truly opens my mind: it’s like a giant idea [...]
On 03.01.10, In Silicon Valley, by Alain Raynaud
Tweet If I am to believe this blog post, HelpAReporter, a web site that helps journalists connect with sources, has sent a threatening legal letter to a free competitor called PRManna: From the blog post summary: I stole his idea (bullshit, his service was a mailing list when I built PRManna, and there are tons [...]
On 02.01.10, In Co-Founders, by Alain Raynaud
Tweet Do you wonder if your startup could benefit from having a co-founder? Some people are worried that adding a co-founder will slow them down, it will take too much time to discuss everything. They also think they can pretty much figure out everything on their own so why take the risk to add a [...]
On 01.14.10, In Silicon Valley, by Alain Raynaud
Tweet I hate spam. Opt-out is the minimum that I expect from all decent sites. Opt-in would be nicer. Imagine my surprise when I received the following card in the mail: When I opted-out, I thought I was sending a clear message to the company that I didn’t want them to contact me and send [...]
On 01.05.10, In fairsoftware, by Alain Raynaud
Tweet Question: I own a valuable dot-com domain, but I’m not a programmer. I think it could sell for a million dollars someday, with the proper traffic. What sould I do? A: The basic idea here is to build a site to take advantage of the great domain name. By going on FairSoftware and listing [...]
On 12.18.09, In Startups, by Alain Raynaud
Tweet If you have been reading startup advice long enough, you surely noticed two trends repeated ad nauseum. Iterate Quickly Also known as “kill ideas fast”, this advice is saying that your idea is probably not worth the pixels it’s displayed on. Ideas are a dime a dozen, execution matters. You’d be better off with [...]
On 12.07.09, In Startups, by Alain Raynaud
Tweet Recently, I was contacted by a major TV show, looking to do a segment on what it looks like to be an entrepreneur building a startup from scratch. I am talking major TV show, with an audience in the millions, not some local news channel. So I e-mailed a few entrepreneurs I know to [...]
On 11.19.09, In Co-Founders, by Alain Raynaud
Tweet 70 people showed up at the Hacker Dojo in Mountain View for the first Co-Founders MeetUp. It was pretty clear that everyone enjoyed the event and was quite happy to have been part of the first of what is shaping to become a long series of co-founders meetups (in Silicon Valley and elsewhere). Basic [...]
On 11.15.09, In Uncategorized, by Alain Raynaud
Tweet If you are like me, you like the new startup community formed at OnStartups.com. Lots of questions from people looking into creating or advancing their startup, and lots of good answers. However, a promise from Dharmesh, the founder, was that “startup stars” would participate: I have a long list of exceptional entrepreneurs I know [...]
