Tag: startup

  • Vitoto Officially Shutting Down

    Vitoto Officially Shutting Down

    2012 – San Francisco… Vitoto was a failure. It feels good to say that. There has been an air of uncertainty around the state of the company for the last few weeks, its nice to make a decision. Firstly, I am proud of myself for taking the shot. “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.”—…

  • How to Make a Video for your Website on a Budget

    How to Make a Video for your Website on a Budget

    If you’re building a startup of any kind, chances are you’ll need an explainer video. Explainer videos are short 1-3 minute videos that help spread your message and teach people what your product and company is all about. A startup video can help explain difficult to understand concepts and, if you’re lucky, can go viral…

  • Start-Up Idea: TailSearch – Search for Retail Stores

    One liner:  TailSearch: Search for retail stores. User experience: iPad / Touchscreen TV positioned at front and around the store with a search bar / filters to filter down all items in the store. There is a real-time map of the store with all the items in the store, and as you filter down, they…

  • Product Idea: Hairdresser Poncho with a Clear Window for Phone/Magazines

    So I went to the hairdresser today and… you can probably guess the rest from the post title. I wanted to use my phone while getting a haircut and started to think why there was no clear window in the poncho so I could use my phone without getting hair all over it. This kind…

  • Start-Up Chile Application Video

    Here is the video we did for Start-Up Chile.

  • Ingredients of a Successful Bootstrapped Startup?

    I’ve been meeting lots of people and getting lots of feedback here in San Francisco. Here are some of the consistent ingredients of successful startups I have collected from observation and feedback. Note, these elements will probably not leave you with the next Facebok, but just know, for every Facebook, there are 1001 companies who tried to…

  • Emailing Awesomely – The Definitive Guide to Email Structure

    Email is, and has been for some time an important form of communication. There are lots of tips out there on how to write emails for achieving specific outcomes. There was a great post recently on how to contact market leaders and there are many blogs on how to use email as an effective sales…