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  • 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.”—…

  • 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…

  • Cool Trick to Manage Too Many Open Tabs

    Having too many tabs open can eat up all the memory on your computer and make it run like a sick dog. Especially true with Google Chrome. If you are finding your machine is performing poorly from too many tabs syndrome, make sure to check out this video for a cool solution that should fix…

  • Venturebeat on Facebook Blacklist!?

    I tried opening a Venturebeat article from Facebook the other day and got the below screenshot: Just goes to show even the big brands can fall victims to problems like this. Creating a process to test problems like this on a regular basis is crucial and one of the reasons we created Process Street. Hopefully…

  • 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…

  • Startup Idea: Evernote for Spreadsheets

    Someone needs to make this or Evernote needs to integrate spreadsheets into their platform, because my current spreadsheet experience is pretty poor. I currently have 13 Excel Spreadsheets open, 6 Google Doc Spreadsheets and 2 files open in CSV file editor. Why is there no solution for me to manage this? Here are the reasons…

  • How to Search on iOS 7 iPhone

    To search on iOS 7 you need swipe down from the middle of the screen anywhere in the phone to bring up search. NOTE: This will not work if you are in an app that uses scroll such as Safari or Mail. Here is an example:   

  • How to get Asana (and other web apps) onto your Taskbar

    I was so happy when I found this I just had to share it. I LOVE this trick. Basically, it allows you to add browser based web apps to your task bar when using chrome. This is what it looks like:   Below is a YouTube video that shows you how to do it. Takes…

  • How Much Money Does the Facebook Ecosystem Produce?

    Facebook went down the other day for the first time I can remember. Got me thinking about how much money is being lost every minute they are down. I know individuals who spend upwards of $50,000 each day on Facebook advertising, which is actually nothing compared to the big brands. If you take into consideration:…

  • 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…