No definitely not. This version has scaled and works well on nearly 4 billion pages. It works efficiently, is fast for users and was a breakthrough from the previous iteration. Hereon it will be incremental improvements.
Good point. I'll probably add in some background textures, images next time. Perhaps also a next / back buttons along with a current page indicator. Any other suggestions towards how it'll signify a scroll action towards more content would be welcome.
I did on purposely have the 'pages' resize directly to the user's viewport using javascript as a visual style of design.
Cheers rodly! Yeah I'm definitely not happy with it and want to fix that/get it re-done if we decide to keep it. I'll most likely have it stop animating after a while and also only load when it's in view. It's something one of us threw hacked together really quickly with HighCharts.js
I'm really sorry about that, thanks for bringing it up Secoif. I've just pushed a quick fix. The website was supposed to be fully responsive to iPhone/iPad resolutions using various javascript and flexible width methods.
Unfortunately I made a change to video providers (to VidYard for analytics) which broke the video resize script (FitVids-JS). Whoops, my mistake.
Regarding older founders. I'm currently working with one of the founders that is a statistical anomaly on the upper rage of the graph. Reality as I perceive it is far opposite from the case, perhaps this is why they are a statistical anomaly within YC.
I haven't finished listening to the podcast highlighted in this post but a point to note is that the book was rushed into print which may have affected the Isaacson's writing quality.
It's written in the bare prose of a journalist. It's not bad writing, but it's not the kind of writing that is enjoyable to read for the sake of how well it is written. It reads like a string of a newspaper or magazine pieces strung together.
I suspect the many typos and small errors were caused by the book being rushed, however.
Congrats to Justin and Jason, the podcast really is something to be proud of. It combines a nice mix of tech and startup discussion.
It's not really for people who like short podcasts, but this is what makes it great. You get depth where other podcasts won't go or that just glosses over talking points.
Yes it would be impolite to bad-mouth specific people. But one can talk generally about traits and characteristics with a reflection on mistakes made and improvements to such processes.
if you reveal the traits the typically reflect a bad apple, the bad apples will simply make sure they adapt to hide their traits (or innocent apples with these traits may start questioning themselves). Either way, Im not sure the net effect is positive?
Your age does not matter. Depending on how old you are and if your a first time entrepreneur I suggest that you have a big vision but adjust your tangible goals correctly to the amount of time and resources you have available to you. Perhaps aim for something you could easily sell to another company or a product that can gain paying customers.
In terms of finding a co-founder, why not partnering up with another teen? Events like Young Rewired State (UK - http://rewiredstate.org/events/young-2010), hack days and barcamps all usually have teens attending them.
Check out TeensInTech (Bay Area - http://teensintech.com/) which also runs a teen tech incubator.
There are also a few online young entrepreneurial groups such as Millennium Generation https://www.facebook.com/groups/rockstars and theres WebeTalk IRC chat (http://webetalk.com) which is frequented by some of the youngest YC startup founders.
If you want to take a different more active approach try building something small and useful that will get you tons of press and coverage on HackerNews. You can also tip TechCrunch (tips@techcrunch.com), building something that people are aware of outside of you telling them will definitely help you find and secure a co-founder. On top of that the media and others absolutely love young entrepreneurs stories. So with a bit of work you will be able to get coverage.
If you want to team up with a more experienced person, why don't you ask them to be your mentor, ask their advice (it's generally good to have personal advisors, they'll help you out). Build that relationship and if things look good, maybe you could ask them to join as a co-founder or help out. Many startups do this to acquire higher level executives or even investors.
If you have a technical background, you don't need a co-founder to start. I hope this helps and good-luck, many of us have been there before.
Thanks for all the great tips! I have been talking with Daniel Bru and Teens In Tech closely (and I just attended their conference), and I am trying to scout out what I'll be able to get from them. Of course, I really found the blurp about trying to acquire someone as a mentor.
I do have a technical background, but If I aim to seek investment, I believe it to be far more beneficial to have at least one other person on board, even if I seek to hire personnel.
