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Building companies and being goofy about it

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  • Videomancy

    Active

    2024

    Create videos with 1-click

    1000s of videos created. Still working on market position

  • Neoniva

    Shut Down

    2022

    Contest hosting website

    $15k in the first month but quickly fell to 0 when I stopped propping it up with CCC

  • Closing Credits

    Active

    2021

    Education and Community for creators

    Launched in Aug 2021. Hitting ~50k MRR as of Jan 2022.

  • Reforge

    Series A

    2017

    What LinkedIn should have been.

    I was the founding engineer and Head of Engineering. Went from $0 to 9-figures. I left after 4+ years for a break and tinker with side projects.

  • CastHappy

    Shut Down

    2016

    Podcast management

    Never got anywhere with it

  • Superscribers

    Shut Down

    2016

    Automated Social Media Management

    Never got anywhere with it

  • Fortuna

    Shut Down

    2016

    CRM for Freelancers

    Never got anywhere with it

  • 17hats

    Parted Ways

    2015

    CRM for SMBs, specifically photographers

    I was the CTO. Growth stalled.

  • Casting Call Club

    Active

    2015

    LinkedIn (community & marketplace) for creators.

    Hit 600k users in Q4 2021

  • Shortcut

    Shut Down

    2014

    UberEats for large venues. Delivery to your seat. I was the cofounder and CTO

    Raised about $1M but could not find the right business model

  • Rentify

    Parted Ways

    2013

    Landlord CRM

    I was the CTO. Things were fine but I wanted to start Shortcut.

  • Meme Defense

    Shut Down

    2012

    Tower Defense Game featuring your favorite internet memes.

    I was trolled by an internet mob and didn't get funded.

  • Air Bulgarian

    Shut Down

    2010

    iOS App to help you learn Bulgarian

    Launched it free in the App Store. Lost interest after a while.

  • Eventbrite

    IPO

    2009

    Events made easy. I was the 10th employee.

    Spent 4 years there. Fell in love with startups. Went from $4M to $700M.

  • InTicketing

    Parted Ways

    2008

    Events made easy, but not as easy as Eventbrite. Acquired later on.

    I was just an engineer here. My first job in the SF Bay. I am very grateful for my start here.

  • Mail Shoppe

    Shut Down

    2007

    A wanna be Etsy. My first startup ever. I was the founding engineer.

    Didn't even launch a decent product.