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Free Startup Idea: Kickstarter Meets Artist Fan Clubs

December 6, 2012 by Justin Thiele Leave a Comment

The idea of Patrons is to create a super easy way for fans to support their favorite artists (with money!). The idea is actually pretty dear to me. I spent about 6 weeks working through the concept, doing customer development, and building a Facebook app. I planned on pursuing the idea for real, but decided … [Read more…]

Posted in: Uncategorized Tagged: almost startup, free idea, ideas, startups

Documentation For Your Company

November 28, 2012 by Justin Thiele Leave a Comment

I remember having the “a-ha moment” when my perspective of Glider/Superbly went from “three guys making a thing” to “a company that will continue on, with or without me”. It’s a simple idea, but it had a profound impact on my perspective.   It suddenly became high-priority to document our company knowledge, processes, understanding, culture, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Uncategorized Tagged: culture, hr, scaling, startups

Trending On AngelList: Tactics & Results

November 21, 2012 by Justin Thiele 12 Comments

At this point AngelList is fairly pervasive in the startup/angel ecosystem but not much tactical knowledge is being shared about (1) how to get attention there and (2) results. I’ll lay out the details of our AngelList experience in this post. TL;DR Tactics: Flex your network Timing is really important   Results: #1 Trending Startup … [Read more…]

Posted in: Uncategorized Tagged: angellist, angels, funding, investment, vc

Forbes. Boom.

October 17, 2011 by Justin Thiele Leave a Comment
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Steve Jobs narrates The Crazy Ones

October 7, 2011 by Justin Thiele Leave a Comment

via loopinsight.com  

Posted in: Uncategorized Tagged: Thanks Steve

Retaining form data through a login process and resubmitting the form [Rails & Devise]

September 11, 2011 by Justin Thiele 9 Comments

This is a feature I struggled with for quite awhile, so I thought I’d share my solution. The code is actually pretty simple once I got it figured out. Hopefully it will save somebody else some headaches. So here’s what we’re doing To create an easy on-boarding process, I’ve put a New List form on … [Read more…]

Posted in: Uncategorized Tagged: development, devise, favsi, how to, rails, ruby

My latest project: Favsi.com. Check it out :)

September 8, 2011 by Justin Thiele Leave a Comment

I’m stoked to finally ship my first development project: http://favsi.com If I haven’t told you already, Favsi is a site to share lists of random stuff. Things you probably wouldn’t post anywhere else. Like: Favorite cheesy ninja movies Favorite original NES games Favorite songs to sing in the car Here’s a bit of background By … [Read more…]

Posted in: Uncategorized Tagged: development, favsi, projects, rails, ruby

Chrome’s awesome Task Manager & Browser Stats

July 18, 2011 by Justin Thiele Leave a Comment

I was just poking around and discovered that Chrome has a built in Task Manager to manage (or quit out of) tabs and extensions. It’s actually pretty awesome. I tend to get a bunch of open tabs….then my laptop fans kick on and everything starts running slow. It’s great for figuring out which tabs are … [Read more…]

Posted in: Uncategorized Tagged: browsers, chrome, google

My Twitter Usage Infographic [via Visual.ly]

July 13, 2011 by Justin Thiele Leave a Comment
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Google Wallet: Yet another thing to carry in your pocket

May 26, 2011 by Justin Thiele Leave a Comment

First off, Google Wallet sounds pretty awesome. I’m not trying to be a downer. #want If you haven’t seen it yet, basically Google wants to move your wallet onto your phone and smarten it up with near field communications, deals, loyalty cards, gift cards, etc. Pretty sweet, but… The issue is that traditional merchants are … [Read more…]

Posted in: Uncategorized Tagged: google, Google Wallet, payments
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