Known, the company I founded with Erin Jo Richey, is the third startup I've been deeply involved in. The first created Elgg, the open source social networking platform; I was CTO. The second is latakoo, which helps video professionals at organizations like NBC News send video quickly and
@erindubitably Internet :(
@pmarca One indicator: the cost of meat was skyrocketing. It's the simple stuff. Even an empire needs to feed its people.
@problemsdog You would know if I was anywhere near there! No, I just saw someone talk about Illegal Jack's online.
There's a lot of value in providing simple, social spaces attached to your existing enterprise identities. Happy to meet that need.
@sirmlivesey Somewhere, Spuggy is still laughing.
@jgraham909 I strongly agree on all counts.
@rchrd_h Not at all. But a surprising number of people argue against starting new things, which I think is wrong.
@peidran @natematias My thinking has moved on. I think the first thing you need is an incredibly focused, vertical real-world use case.
@the_author_ Thanks! She is. Took about a year post-transplant to get to that point, which was scary, but now it feels like a miracle.
@the_author_ Congratulations! It's definitely a journey. 2.5 years after my mom's, I'm in her house right now supporting her.
@KellyMeeker No, but that just got added to the list!