Why I Quit Intuit and Started Hall.com - An Update • Hacker News Board

lennysan wrote: post #2

Is it worth putting the time at a big company like Intuit, or if you were to do it over would you go straight to your own startup?

Depends on where you are in your career. Straight out of college I wouldn't recommend going to most big companies... you'll learn bad habits and not be pushed to do your best work. Join a startup.

Re: Why I Quit Intuit and Started Hall.com - An Update

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Post by bretthellman » Mon, Oct 10, 2011, 4:58 PM UTC

Hisoka wrote: post #3

What is Hall.com going to be about, and how much did the domain name cost you:

Great question! We'll be releasing another story in the next few days as we open our doors to the world. Right now we are in private beta with 28k people in line for a hallpass.

Re: Why I Quit Intuit and Started Hall.com - An Update

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Post by bretthellman » Mon, Oct 10, 2011, 4:59 PM UTC

Hisoka wrote: post #3

What is Hall.com going to be about, and how much did the domain name cost you:

Re: the domain name, beside hard work, we reached a fair deal thanks to some investor & legal advice. I'd be happy to share in another post if you're interested? Let me know...

Re: Why I Quit Intuit and Started Hall.com - An Update

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Post by gunz_rozez » Mon, Oct 10, 2011, 5:02 PM UTC

How do/did you convince other employees/partners to join you in this venture....Just having the faith is not good enough right?

Re: Why I Quit Intuit and Started Hall.com - An Update

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Post by Rachelameadows » Mon, Oct 10, 2011, 5:03 PM UTC

Hisoka wrote: post #3

What is Hall.com going to be about, and how much did the domain name cost you:

A startup can get HALL.com but netflix goes with qwikster?

Re: Why I Quit Intuit and Started Hall.com - An Update

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Post by bretthellman » Mon, Oct 10, 2011, 5:05 PM UTC

gunz_rozez wrote: post #7

How do/did you convince other employees/partners to join you in this venture....Just having the faith is not good enough right?

Having well known investors certainly helped. that and the idea and technologies they'd be working with made the difference

Re: Why I Quit Intuit and Started Hall.com - An Update

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Post by ronadams » Mon, Oct 10, 2011, 5:17 PM UTC

lennysan wrote: post #2

Is it worth putting the time at a big company like Intuit, or if you were to do it over would you go straight to your own startup?

I'm working with Brett right now at Hall.com and am loving it. I worked at an extremely small startup before joining Yahoo! and found that both experiences were invaluable. My time at Y! helped me learn about massive scale while my time at the small startup provided me with an understanding of running a business. Although I loved my time at Y!....especially the people.....it feels great to back with a small team and taking a greater degree of control over the creative process.