A small survey, please answer as many you want,
1) How long have you been working on your idea ? 2) Were you accepted in YC ? 3) Have you raised money from the VC ? 4) URL to your demo/company.
Ask HN: Are you a single founder ?
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Re: Ask HN: Are you a single founder ?
#21) Since September 2006.
2) No, but the fact that I couldn't relocate to the bay area was a factor in this.
3) No. I've been approached by a few angels, but (apart from one early attempt which didn't work) I've avoided going down that route in favour of bootstrapping.
Re: Ask HN: Are you a single founder ?
#3Didn't we just have this thread?
1) about a year
2) never considered YC (and I'm sure the feeling is mutual)
3) no
Re: Ask HN: Are you a single founder ?
#41) Since late June 2006.
2) I have not applied to YC, and do not have plans to do so in the immediate future. (Never say never.) Nothing personal: I love what YC does, but to make the deal mutually beneficial, I'd have to take outside investment in my business, swing for the fences, and achieve an exit in the next few years. These do not match my personal vision for the next few years of my life.
3) My feelings on outside investment: I have had a relationship before where somebody could call me and berate me for the lack of progress in my projects. He was my boss. At least he had the decency to pay me money every month. I do not fancy having a relationship in which someone can call me up to berate me for my lack of progress and then say, at the end of the call, "Don't forget, we want you to pay us lots of money!"
4) http://www.bingocardcreator.com and more projects early in the pipeline
Re: Ask HN: Are you a single founder ?
#5Didn't we just have this thread? 1) about a year 2) never considered YC (and I'm sure the feeling is mutual) 3) no 4) http://pinboard.in
I have used pinboard.
Do you currently have a day job?
Re: Ask HN: Are you a single founder ?
#61) Since late June 2006. 2) I have not applied to YC, and do not have plans to do so in the immediate future. (Never say never.) Nothing personal: I love what YC does, but to make the deal mutually beneficial, I'd have to take outside investment in my business, swing for the fences, and achieve an exit in the next few years. These do not match my personal vision for the next few years of my life. 3) My feelings on ou…
patio11, I agree with you that bootstrapping is the way to to - the "Italian restaurant" software company
Re: Ask HN: Are you a single founder ?
#71) 6 months
2) Applied last minute - No
3) no - going the bootstrap route investing 15k of my own money.
4) demo currently offline -will be up later.
Re: Ask HN: Are you a single founder ?
#81) My idea is fairly new, so I've been working on trying to prove the concept first before I take it further with building a startup around it
2) No, I didn't apply
3) It wouldn't be appropriate at this time.
4) I'll make a note to add a link sometime in the future.
Re: Ask HN: Are you a single founder ?
#91) Since late 2006
2) No. Never applied.
3) No. Bootstrapped.
Feedity is a profitable startup. I'm currently working on a new project and hoping to go full-time sometime this year.
Re: Ask HN: Are you a single founder ?
#101) Started officially working on the project December '05 (before that, it was just a personal project for fun - no serious business intentions)
2) Never applied
3) No. Bootstrapped, launched running a single crappy tower server in colo (AMD XP 2100 with a gig of RAM). Started part time, on the side from consulting work. I was offered a pretty meager sum ($20k) in my earliest days, but I was already profitable, and turned it down.
I've been profitable since the beginning, and went full-time January '07. Business has been much slower lately, but I'm working to adapt.