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Notifo (YC W10) gets a Co-Founder... Me

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Re: Notifo (YC W10) gets a Co-Founder... Me

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So before this, was Notifo a one-man YC-funded startup?

yes, it was... YC definitely set me up on several "cofounder dates" during the course of YC... some of them looked promising, but ultimately none worked out. Eventually I had to just bear down and prepare for launch/demo day. As soon as I stopped looking, the right person came along :)

Re: Notifo (YC W10) gets a Co-Founder... Me

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i've used this service and i think it's great! I'm a huge google voice sms user and I hated the fact that i couldn't get PUSH notifications when new messages would come in. Notifo solved the problem and it works great. Yes there were other options like boxcar but that required me to leave my computer on all day while Notifo didnt. BIG PLUS! Only downside is whenever i try to open the app on my ipod touch - it always…

contact me (email in profile) with your Notifo username, and we'll fix the crashing issue for you.

Re: Notifo (YC W10) gets a Co-Founder... Me

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I keep meaning to add a few features to WP-Notifo.

If you want to collaborate on it or hack around drop me a line and I can add you to the plugin page as a commiter :)

(by the way - the code you used in the thread, it is in WP-Notifo but I am pretty sure it originally came from another example, can't find the source though)

ps: congrats :D

Re: Notifo (YC W10) gets a Co-Founder... Me

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post #14

I keep meaning to add a few features to WP-Notifo. If you want to collaborate on it or hack around drop me a line and I can add you to the plugin page as a commiter :) (by the way - the code you used in the thread, it is in WP-Notifo but I am pretty sure it originally came from another example, can't find the source though) ps: congrats :D

I've been meaning to get in touch - would love to get added as a committer. :) I'll email you at the address listed in your profile.

Re: Notifo (YC W10) gets a Co-Founder... Me

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post #3

So before this, was Notifo a one-man YC-funded startup?

this is what i want to know. I'm not sure and I'm not trying to thread crap but is the title Co-Founder the proper word to use? I'm curious because wouldn't a "founder" be someone who started the company from the beginning? From what I understand Paul joined afterwards (after the angel investing).

Being a founder is about what you do and how much of yourself you are able to put into the company, not when you join. If Chad had hired someone with Paul's skillset and then told him what to do, that is an employer-employee relationship. That doesn't look like what's happening here. They're entering into a partnership as equals to discover and build something new together.

Re: Notifo (YC W10) gets a Co-Founder... Me

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post #3

So before this, was Notifo a one-man YC-funded startup?

yes, it was... YC definitely set me up on several "cofounder dates" during the course of YC... some of them looked promising, but ultimately none worked out. Eventually I had to just bear down and prepare for launch/demo day. As soon as I stopped looking, the right person came along :)

Cool! I'd be interested to hear your experience with 1) getting into YC as a single founder and 2) working alone in the ensuing months. That's quite a feat.
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