Yep. I quit my job to start my own venture. It was scary but it was long overdue. For a while I had been doing the "working on the side project after work" but then I realized that if I do want to do this, there is no half-assing it. It's time to go big or go home.
Poll: Did you start company in 2011?
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Re: Poll: Did you start company in 2011?
#42Started up http://www.Hexicurity.com Thanks for asking....
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#43Yes/No. After HN told me it was stupid to give away freeware, I quit my dayjob, moved back to the States, and started two companies. Doing great and happier than ever!
One of these companies already existed as a non-profit, so that was re-filing to go the S-Corp route and start making real money. The other is new.
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#45I was sick of not being happy so I did it. Much happier now. Successful too.
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#46Yep, I started Parse with some awesome co-founders in YC. We started it because we saw all the pain that comes with making an internet enabled mobile app, and wanted to make a platform that made it easier.
That was you?! Awesome! I love Parse. I'm signed up in the beta and it's not just giving me a backend service but teaching me some iOS programming too. Thanks for that man.
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#47Yes, I just launched yesterday : http://www.rtcool.com/ - It's an API for news readers.
doesn't work.
Also, let me point out that it doesn't work on pages that aren't necessarily articles. For instance, someone did a search using : http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3390727
I've got an update coming down the tunnel to fix this, but it might be difficult with this page because there isn't much substance. I'll think more about how to solve this in a way that makes sense relevant to the rest of the pages out there. My main focus is to not write any code for edge cases, but to figure out a way to solve the whole of the web at once. :)
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#48Sort of. Found (profitable) business model and signed up first customers just now.
B2B only right now: http://healthexpense.com/
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#49No - started one in 2009. Got out in 2011, starting a new one in 2012.
Can you elaborate a little bit on "got out?"
Sure: I was the founding CEO, and wasn't scaling with the company. I helped hire a CEO with more industry experience who already knew most of our potential partners - one of them had actually offered him a senior position.
I left on good terms with a decent severance package and kept a good chunk of equity.
Re: Poll: Did you start company in 2011?
#50Started http://woboq.com/ about 3 months ago :-)
Right now we're a service company around Qt only, but hopefully getting out a product next year either alone or together with another company.
Being a service company also means that 2011 is already profitable for us. Hooray for having established connections/networks.
If anyone in the Berlin area is up for a beer and exchanging some knowledge, we're interested in that.