The Leanest Startup in Silicon Valley
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#2Direct link to DailyToaster - http://dailytoaster.com
More info on my blog - http://kurtvarner.com
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#3Direct link to DailyToaster - http://dailytoaster.com More info on my blog - http://kurtvarner.com
This is a great endeavour.Being resourceful to the maximum. But a question that comes to mind is fitness. This kind of lifestyle might be detrimental to health,especially sleep related disorders. How are you tackling this ?
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#4Direct link to DailyToaster - http://dailytoaster.com More info on my blog - http://kurtvarner.com
Brilliant. By living in a car, you will have very few distractions, though I wonder how do you get electricity and an internet connection?
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#5Why not slap a layer of buzzwords, while keeping your original concept underneath?
Latest fad is turning everything social. Ugg... But, it might get the attention of fad-followers:
DailyToaster: Social wakeup calls. Friends take turn to call you up. They win "points" by getting you to your destination on time. Leader-boards, badges, etc...
Did I say friends? Why not strangers. Plenty of loudmouths. Might as well put them to use. The calls are routed through the DailyToaster call system to prevent spam and protect phone privacy.
Why stop at meetings? Apply this to weight loss, book reading, etc.
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#6Direct link to DailyToaster - http://dailytoaster.com More info on my blog - http://kurtvarner.com
Brilliant. By living in a car, you will have very few distractions, though I wonder how do you get electricity and an internet connection?
I wrote about the logistics of everything here (although a few things have changed since this post) http://kurtvarner.com/post/19347794553/man-car-startup
Re: The Leanest Startup in Silicon Valley
#7Direct link to DailyToaster - http://dailytoaster.com More info on my blog - http://kurtvarner.com
Brilliant. By living in a car, you will have very few distractions, though I wonder how do you get electricity and an internet connection?
How exactly is this brilliant? There are way more distractions living in a car, like basic needs, keeping warm, going to the bathroom, changing clothes, internet, charging the laptop, being moved on by the police etc etc. a nice quiet office in some cheap shares space is a much better environment for building software.
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#8Man, I love this guy. I'm not convinced that the idea is big enough to get him where he wants to go, but the moxie, the hustle, the spirit... you can't help but root for somebody like this.
I'm shocked he didn't get into YCombinator, to be honest. Pg always talks about how it's about "the team, not the idea," and if anybody has the moxie to get in as a solo founder, I'd have thought it would be Kurt.
Anyway, Kurt, keep banging away and keep believing! I believe big things will happen for you if you stay dedicated.
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#9> "People who aren't successful yet," says Varner, "can do anything they want."
This is the most important bit of the entire article. While not profound at first glance, this actually is very insightful.
When you don't have anything yet, what really holds you back? Are you going to lose your job? If you don't have one, no biggie. When you live in a car, are you going to get much more in the (pardon the term) gutter? Not really.
Going for it is a great thing.
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#10I met Kurt for the first time about 4 months ago and have been sharing beers with him since. Definitely a guy with vision, the right kind of work ethic and attitude. Also a very talented Product Designer.