of course. I wasn't being a dick, sorry -- I was just curious. I think these funds really value if the founders have already made the jump and are powering along 24/7 before seed funding.
Looking forward to your next post. You can totally jump down my throat when I write a post if we don't get into YC tomorrow ;)
Please do write a post. I want more info out there about the "real" state of startups. There's too much get-rich-quick crap that distorts the reality (especially about iPhone apps).
The truth is that it's a long hard slog to any sort of success.
We also applied to YC, so we expect to get rejected tomorrow as well ;)
Return flights London to SF were about £340 last time I checked a few days ago, but they involved some fairly horrible connections making the whole flight ~17h.
Hopefully I _do_ have to go through that torture! :)
I think the idea is that if TechStars accepts you, then you quit your day jobs and jump in full-time. That is part of the opportunity they are providing.
That is correct. Still, it's profitable and runs pretty much on its own. Our free -> premium conversion is pretty good and keeps going up. We've hit the bullseye as far as feature set for our target market. We just need to advertise better and get more signups. I guess that's true of most startups, though.
You're not working on this full time? Or is this me reading it wrong?