Peteris Krumins: How I went to Silicon Valley and raised $55,000 for Browserling

#1

Post by noas » Tue, Jul 26, 2011, 5:02 PM UTC

Re: Peteris Krumins: How I went to Silicon Valley and raised $55,000 for Browserling

#2

Post by mcantelon » Tue, Jul 26, 2011, 5:26 PM UTC

Congrats... nice to see some real hackers get a leg up!

#3

Post by west » Tue, Jul 26, 2011, 5:30 PM UTC

Nice work! A "check on the spot" definitely helps validate the idea.

#4

Post by lanstein » Tue, Jul 26, 2011, 5:42 PM UTC

I'm sorry I was unable to recruit you to Splunk back in the day, but good luck with Browserling!

#5

Post by scottkrager » Tue, Jul 26, 2011, 5:48 PM UTC

"Success, I was known in the Silicon Valley!"

Good read. You can feel the passion jumping out of the post.

#6

Post by cal5k » Tue, Jul 26, 2011, 6:27 PM UTC

Are you a US citizen, or did you have to sort out work visas to make it happen?

#7

Post by pkrumins » Tue, Jul 26, 2011, 6:31 PM UTC

cal5k wrote: post #6

Are you a US citizen, or did you have to sort out work visas to make it happen?

Went on a B1 visa "to raise investment for StackVM", which took 15 minutes to get.

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Post by pkrumins » Tue, Jul 26, 2011, 6:31 PM UTC

scottkrager wrote: post #5

"Success, I was known in the Silicon Valley!" Good read. You can feel the passion jumping out of the post.

Awww yeah!

#9

Post by pkrumins » Tue, Jul 26, 2011, 6:31 PM UTC

mcantelon wrote: post #2

Congrats... nice to see some real hackers get a leg up!

Thank you!

#10

Post by pkrumins » Tue, Jul 26, 2011, 6:31 PM UTC

lanstein wrote: post #4

I'm sorry I was unable to recruit you to Splunk back in the day, but good luck with Browserling!

Thanks. :)