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Ask HN: Are you a founder?

47 points by hajrice 17y ago

Hi everyone. I'd like to know....are you a founder of startup? if so, which one? what's your role?

bdmac97 17y ago
Founder of http://www.launchly.com http://www.launchly.com - we provide feedback and analytics to other web startups to help them succeed. Currently the only "employee" so I guess I'm CEO, CTO, CxO too!
dmillar 17y ago
Yes, http://pacsdrive.com http://pacsdrive.com my role is founder (what doesn't that include?)
- babyboy808 17y ago
  Nice site, looks alot like campaign monitor
  - billydean 17y ago
    A LOT like Campaign Monitor. The bold white headline and subhead, blue horizontal nav, 4¢ graphic, the location of the screenshot, etc.
    - rksprst 17y ago
      Nothing wrong with being inspired by another site, IMHO.
  - dmillar 17y ago
    Yeah, definitely inspired, though I think it's just the homepage, we are working on a new one.
- alexitosrv 17y ago
  Grat app. I'm interested because one of my projects include a telemedicine system, and I know the complexity of DICOM protocols.
- tricky 17y ago
  huh.. do you have to house your servers in locked cages to maintain hipaa compliance?
  - dmillar 17y ago
    No, you don't have to, but we take security very very seriously. However, we are not a covered entity in the eyes of HIPAA, but we do go above and beyond their guidelines for storing and transmitting patient data.
    - tricky 17y ago
      Wow, I've been kicking around an idea for a DICOM startup but I fear the HIPAA... Maybe I shouldn't. Thank you for that.
      - arohner 17y ago
        A previous day job of mine was at a company that does DICOM viewing and transmission. They did/do it pre- and post- HIPAA. HIPAA isn't too bad for software vendors. Just keep your records in order, and follow basic software engineering & security practices. They like to see documentation, especially design docs and test plans. The FDA comes out every year or two, and of course they keep digging until they find something to ding you on, just so the inspector looks like they're doing their job. EDIT: I now realize I was conflating FDA certification and HIPAA, though you'll probably have to deal with both while doing DICOM.
mgrouchy 17y ago
Not yet, but working on it!
- pchristensen 17y ago
  Well put. Similar sentiments from me on GeekStack http://geekstack.com http://geekstack.com
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- bmelton 17y ago
  If you're working on it, wouldn't that make you the founder of a pre-launch startup?
  - mgrouchy 17y ago
    Maybe, I won't consider myself a founder until it actually launches. Its not really a startup if you aren't funded and you haven't launched anything, its kind of just an idea that you are working on at that point. So that is where I feel I am at, I am trying to get something off the ground while keeping my dayjob.
    - pedalpete 17y ago
      It's still a startup if you aren't funded. If you haven't launched, that I'll leave up to a judgement call.
jgrahamc 17y ago
I am one of the founders of http://www.electric-cloud.com/ http://www.electric-cloud.com/
markbao 17y ago
Yes, http://avecora.com http://avecora.com , http://ramamia.com http://ramamia.com , http://tickrtalk.com http://tickrtalk.com , http://classleaf.com http://classleaf.com , http://adaptance.com http://adaptance.com , and http://debateware.com http://debateware.com
modoc 17y ago
I founded Spark::red http://sparkred.com http://sparkred.com "The Best ATG Hosting Provider", with a couple of partners. ATG is a niche expensive (but amazing) eCommerce software package. All the partners are technical architect type folks.
sosuke 17y ago
What qualifies as a founder? If its a one man startup doesn't that give them every title? :)
alain94040 17y ago
A founder of http://fairsoftware.net http://fairsoftware.net : "build your [iPhone|web|desktop] App Together" Previously co-founder of http://eve-usa.com http://eve-usa.com PS: not listing projects I launched that never went anywhere...
nostrademons 17y ago
Former founder: http://diffle.com http://diffle.com, http://bootstrapacitor.com http://bootstrapacitor.com, http://randomicity.net http://randomicity.net, http://whatshallidonow.net http://whatshallidonow.net, and GameClay (which never launched). All dead now, my cofounder was the one that paid for the hosting, and he let them lapse when we gave up. I was the technical end of the partnership, writing the software. Heh, it looks far more impressive when I just list URLs. Most of those "startups" were pretty lame side projects, and the one that wasn't was the one that never launched.
hikari17 17y ago
I'm a co-founder -- along with my wife and a friend -- of http://www.genlighten.com http://www.genlighten.com, an Etsy-like marketplace for genealogy research services. My role includes pre-code IA/UX design, usability testing, customer development, sales/marketing, and general management.
- csbartus 17y ago
  nice ui, clean & fresh & still warm. keeep up!
socratees 17y ago
No. I'm on my H1B visa.
- aditya 17y ago
  Doesn't mean you can't found a company - you just can't be employed by it unless it sponsors your visa...
johns 17y ago
Yep. Founder of http://rimsystems.com http://rimsystems.com
Tawheed 17y ago
Yep! Founder at http://AskMyBrainTrust.com http://AskMyBrainTrust.com
ezmobius 17y ago
I'm one of the founder of http://engineyard.com http://engineyard.com
- hajrice 17y ago
  Oh awesome. I've heard great stuff about you, keep up the good work! :)
dawie 17y ago
Founder of http://docley.com http://docley.com
rbreve 17y ago
yes, Im working on blipea.com tubabel.com latino based startups
mojombo 17y ago
Currently cofounder of http://github.com http://github.com, previously founder of http://gravatar.com http://gravatar.com.
- cullenking 17y ago
  You guys provide an excellent service! We use you guys to host our git repo for http://ridewithgps.com/ http://ridewithgps.com/ -- excited to see what else comes out of your team.
- defunkt 17y ago
  Me too! Well, not Gravatar. But GitHub.
  - defunkt 17y ago
    To elaborate: I think we've struck a really good balance at GitHub when it comes to our roles. mojombo has a background working with distributed systems (at Powerset) as well as in design (he freelanced for a few years). Which means he's our main UI / design person as well as the guy overseeing the "big picture" backend stuff. For instance, right now we're in the process of sharding all of our git repository data to get away from our network file system bottleneck. mojombo's leading that project and it's going great - we should see the plans come to fruition in the near future. He's also the guy that makes changes to the git-daemons and other sysadminy stuff. pjhyett, one of the other founders, is a seasoned web developer with experience in (among other things) Java and Rails. Which made him the ideal head of our Firewall Install product (since it uses JRuby). He's currently on a trip to NYC to meet with potential FI clients, and is in charge of adding features to it, fixing bugs, basically lording over the product. schacon isn't technically a founder, but we're a very flat (and small) organization. He's a Git expert so we deploy him on any and all things Git: weird server errors, crazy new projects (like the Fork Queue and Gist), and our issues scaling Git itself. He's currently experimenting with a Cassandra-backed git-daemon to help speed up clones (specifically the "Counting objects" / building packfile phase) and give us the ability to easily put mirrors in other continents. Tekkub is our customer support expert: he hangs out in irc, on the mailing list, and oversees the help site. He has programming background (we found him because of all his Lua stuff on GitHub) which means he can write his own tools and knows Git very well. I'm the third founder. I mostly hang out here.
colinplamondon 17y ago
Yup. Product: http://freebooksapp.com http://freebooksapp.com Company blog: http://spreadsong.com http://spreadsong.com
- csbartus 17y ago
  very nice idea, web site, and price! your blog is added to my reader :D
  - colinplamondon 17y ago
    Thanks! Guess I should go and publish the post I wrote today, then ;)
alexsolo 17y ago
Yes, I am a co-founder of http://www.pagerduty.com http://www.pagerduty.com.
scottdw2 17y ago
Yes. Founder of http://www.transactor.com http://www.transactor.com
flooha 17y ago
I'm the founder of http://flooha.com http://flooha.com
kbrower 17y ago
Yes. Founder of http://www.recipepuppy.com http://www.recipepuppy.com
- udfalkso 17y ago
  Very nicely done. I'm gonna use this. The name is a bit weird though. I own makefoodnow.com and usemyingredients.com, let me know if you're interested in a trade of some sort.
- hajrice 17y ago
  Wow, the website looks awesome. I always wondered if one of these existed.
dannyr 17y ago
Founder of http://www.launchset.com http://www.launchset.com
- run4yourlives 17y ago
  That's a pretty cool site... have you had issues getting people to sign up on either side?
  - dannyr 17y ago
    Thanks. Right now, I'm talking to different startups who might need the service. I think most startups build their own because they don't know there is a service like this out there. I ran an ad campaign on Google for some keywords and it looks like people don't really search for it.
    - run4yourlives 17y ago
      Thanks for the response. I only asked because I had thought of that idea as well and stumbled on how you'd be able to get enough traction to make it work. Chicken and egg problem. Good luck to you!
8plot 17y ago
Yes, I am the founder of http://StoryMash.com http://StoryMash.com
mid 17y ago
Yes, http://www.fatfreecrm.com http://www.fatfreecrm.com, also co-founded White Pajama, NextAge Technologies, and Fat Free Software.
- csbartus 17y ago
  +1, we need it!
ryanspahn 17y ago
Currently - http://sleep.fm http://sleep.fm and some other things too, soon to be released.
- hajrice 17y ago
  Love the UI!
  - mgrouchy 17y ago
    It does look quite snazzy.
    - ryanspahn 17y ago
      Thanks everyone!
- iamwil 17y ago
  Glad to see that you're still around and still kicking it, with a better looking webpage.
jerome_etienne 17y ago
i'm the founder of http://urfastr.net http://urfastr.net and another one not yet annonced
terpua 17y ago
Cofounder of http://isyncd.com http://isyncd.com going after sharepoint and box.net. Previously founding country manager for friendster philippines.
callmeed 17y ago
Yes, co-founder and head of development for http://bigfolio.com http://bigfolio.com + http://nextproof.com http://nextproof.com Currently in our 5th year. "Ramen profitable" on day 1, and now "expensive sushi profitable". I don't know if we're still considered a "startup" but we still try and act like one ... new, cool stuff always in the works.
shafqat 17y ago
I'm the cofounder of NewsCred. http://www.newscred.com http://www.newscred.com is our consumer site, but we are more focused on a B2B solution (not public yet).
YuriNiyazov 17y ago
Yup, http://facetoflife.com http://facetoflife.com
PStamatiou 17y ago
Yup. http://skribit.com http://skribit.com "cure writer's/blogger's block"
- knightinblue 17y ago
  Love this one.
oschnaps 17y ago
co-founder of www.justthrive.com
smmcbride 17y ago
http://www.familymatic.com/ http://www.familymatic.com/ is my spare-time startup. It's mostly ready for launch, now I'm trying to figure out how to market it.
azsromej 17y ago
yes, working on http://rankforest.com http://rankforest.com and another unreleased project
jamwt 17y ago
Cofounder of http://shoptalkapp.com http://shoptalkapp.com . At this point, we all three (co-founders) participate pretty evenly in the hacking, strategy, marketing, etc.
- hajrice 17y ago
  Neat, I like the website. No offence but I think you guys could use a bit of UI improvement. If you need any help please feel free to contact me.
bjelkeman-again 17y ago
Co-founder of http://akvo.org/ http://akvo.org/
mrshoe 17y ago
I'm a cofounder of http://shoptalkapp.com http://shoptalkapp.com
nico 17y ago
Co-founder: http://www.medularis.com http://www.medularis.com, previously http://www.lemontech.cl http://www.lemontech.cl and also worked at http://www.needish.com http://www.needish.com
delano 17y ago
I'm a founder and VP of sales at Solutious Inc. http://solutious.com/ http://solutious.com/
brianr 17y ago
I'm the code-writing founder at http://www.lolapps.com http://www.lolapps.com .
- hajrice 17y ago
  Cool office.
lyime 17y ago
I am the founder of http://mugasha.com http://mugasha.com So far my role has been focused on development. As we get closer to our launch my role has been shifting and is more of other things. Honestly, I pretty much have to have my hand in everything.
jbr 17y ago
I'm co-founder of http://www.stormweight.com/ http://www.stormweight.com/ -- realtime brainstorming and voting for small teams. I alternate between title of "technical co-founder" and "ceo," depending on audience.
lux 17y ago
I started Simian Systems (simian.ca) when I was 20. Still going, so I guess it's not a startup any more... Also co-founded Dojo Learning (dojolearning.com) which is still a work in progress. I'm considering a switch to a "technomad" lifestyle and becoming a full-time touring musician, which I guess will be my next business venture. I don't think that quite qualifies as a "startup" though :)
cstefanovici 17y ago
Founder of http://www.blibu.com http://www.blibu.com I'm the developer, designer... and the rest
- hajrice 17y ago
  Hey, the website is down.
  - cstefanovici 17y ago
    I am in touch with Twitter API folks to fix problems. Sometimes it goes down for a few seconds. We are looking into caching results so that the Search API is not queried on every page load.
wastedbrains 17y ago
Currently cofounder of http://devver.net http://devver.net currently acting at CTO mostly doing development.
tici_88 17y ago
yes, founder of http://wwww.kartamobile.com http://wwww.kartamobile.com
tici_88 17y ago
yes, founder of http://www.kartamobile.com http://www.kartamobile.com
ikhare 17y ago
Co-founder of http://zintin.com http://zintin.com (with now only one real product left on the iPhone: Scribble). Co-founder of: http://photophonebook.com http://photophonebook.com
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swombat 17y ago
Looks like there are a lot of founders here! Me too. Cofounder and CTO of http://www.woobius.com http://www.woobius.com
jon_dahl 17y ago
Yep - co-founder of one startup too many. :) -- http://tumblon.com http://tumblon.com -- http://zencoder.tv http://zencoder.tv and http://flixcloud.com http://flixcloud.com
nkohari 17y ago
I'm co-founder of http://agilezen.com/ http://agilezen.com/ -- lean project management app based on ideas from the Toyota Production System. I'm in charge of developing and maintaining the product, and my other co-founder/wife is in charge of keeping the business running.
- yannis 17y ago
  Great application! With a bit of work it can jump!
  - nkohari 17y ago
    Thanks. :)
raghus 17y ago
I started http://feedfliks.com http://feedfliks.com
tonystubblebine 17y ago
Founder of http://www.crowdvine.com http://www.crowdvine.com. I built the first version myself, which was enough to get us to profitability. These days I mostly talk on the phone.
mjh 17y ago
I'm founder of penetration testing laboratories. Site isn't launched yet, so I fall into the pre-launch founder status. The idea is based on providing a tool box for auditors and n00bs to do security testing from. So far the environment is setup and development is slow coming but I expect it to launch in some form by the end of the year.
umbrae 17y ago
Yep, creator of Kindling - http://www.kindlingapp.com http://www.kindlingapp.com - Incubated inside my company, Arc90. Kindling is an idea collaboration engine. Meant to find brilliance within an organization.
webgeek 17y ago
Cofounder at http://www.hotindianstartups.com http://www.hotindianstartups.com and http://www.bollyscoops.com http://www.bollyscoops.com
zarqman 17y ago
Yes, founder of http://zerigo.com http://zerigo.com - cloud-infrastructure services. I'm with several others... founders tend to do a bit of everything. I'm no exception. :)
amitt 17y ago
Cofounder of MyMiniLife. Was recently acquired by Zynga: http://www.myminilife.com http://www.myminilife.com
pickuppundit 17y ago
Founder at http://www.pickuppundit.com http://www.pickuppundit.com
vdibart 17y ago
Founder of http://www.whizkidsports.com http://www.whizkidsports.com. Still a work in progress, hopefully ready by beginning of next baseball season.
arohner 17y ago
Founder at http://reasonr.com http://reasonr.com It's an improvement on forums/Yahoo Answers for troubleshooting technical problems. Similar technology to hunch.com but applied to a practical use. Warning: Still young, obviously needs a lot more polish before prime time.
herval 17y ago
founder of http://www.mapservices.org/myguestmap http://www.mapservices.org/myguestmap and a couple of brazilian projects: http://www.investidorvirtual.com http://www.investidorvirtual.com (currently being reworked for legal reasons), http://www.bloobox.com.br http://www.bloobox.com.br (not a web service, but still.. tech), http://www.cnnt.com.br http://www.cnnt.com.br, http://www.sollipsis.com http://www.sollipsis.com (my current company) and a lot of pet projects that never seen the light of day.. :-)
s-phi-nl 17y ago
http://hnstartups.com/ http://hnstartups.com/ was started to list the startups of HN users. However, it does not check that a submitter really is a HN user, so it's mostly spam now.
zackham 17y ago
Co-founder of http://ridewithgps.com http://ridewithgps.com - we're launching a huge redesign on Saturday, but have had a positive response to our features so far.
- cullenking 17y ago
  Second co-founder. There are three of us, Zack and I handle most of the business, code and community relations, while Cameron handles all the graphics. Cameron's work has evolved into a complete redesign of our site, which will finally get us away from the comical blocky layout we currently have.
jalammar 17y ago
Yes, founder of http://www.Qaym.com http://www.Qaym.com, a local business review site in Arabic
abyssknight 17y ago
I guess technically I am, but I tend to be more of the hired-help role. ;) Things I've founded alone: http://fragtweet.com http://fragtweet.com A simple Twitter & OAuth app in rails. Proof of concept and left dormant for now. It appears a competitor has been born that does everything I planned on doing, and does it well. Who am I to argue with progress? ;) Things I helped build, but did not found: http://ordercounter.com http://ordercounter.com I helped these guys bootstrap when I was in college. Both founders are friends of mine, and I was asked to join in as a 30% stock holder but turned it down. I built the web based back-office interface and the online ordering system which allowed restaurants to specify a polygonal delivery area. Most of this was in PHP with some PERL for the Geocoder::US interface. http://theamericancritic.com http://theamericancritic.com I took this project as a contract in college. Everything was built from scratch sans libraries in PHP. Another dev stepped in to help but that didn't work out for my client. I still have a backlog of O&M updates to do for this one. http://mybloglog.com http://mybloglog.com Little known fact, I did actually sort of work on MyBlogLog before its acquisition by Yahoo. I helped test the app internally at Cloudspace and designed the VC diagrams for the negotiations. I left the company before the sale, but it felt pretty good to be a part of that in any capacity.
cullenking 17y ago
Co-founder of a route mapping and performance analysis site, http://ridewithgps.com/ http://ridewithgps.com/ aimed at cyclists. Currently at 1100 users, 4000 user submitted routes and 1300 uploaded trips. Looking to upset the market leaders in a very lucrative industry that is void of innovation. There are three of us, Zack and I are code/business/advertising and Cameron is graphic design. Works really well so far! We have a complete redesign launching this weekend, with an aggressive feature map after our re-launch.
vivekamn 17y ago
Co-founder Founder of www.radaptive.com an Asset Management and Ticketing solution(running in Ebay/paypal/danger-now Microsoft! and ask.com. Role: I handle all things technical.

47 points by hajrice 17y ago

Hi everyone. I'd like to know....are you a founder of startup? if so, which one? what's your role?

Founder of http://www.launchly.com http://www.launchly.com - we provide feedback and analytics to other web startups to help them succeed. Currently the only "employee" so I guess I'm CEO, CTO, CxO too!

dmillar 17y ago

Yes, http://pacsdrive.com http://pacsdrive.com my role is founder (what doesn't that include?)

babyboy808 17y ago
Nice site, looks alot like campaign monitor
- billydean 17y ago
  A LOT like Campaign Monitor. The bold white headline and subhead, blue horizontal nav, 4¢ graphic, the location of the screenshot, etc.
  - rksprst 17y ago
    Nothing wrong with being inspired by another site, IMHO.
- dmillar 17y ago
  Yeah, definitely inspired, though I think it's just the homepage, we are working on a new one.
alexitosrv 17y ago
Grat app. I'm interested because one of my projects include a telemedicine system, and I know the complexity of DICOM protocols.
tricky 17y ago
huh.. do you have to house your servers in locked cages to maintain hipaa compliance?
- dmillar 17y ago
  No, you don't have to, but we take security very very seriously. However, we are not a covered entity in the eyes of HIPAA, but we do go above and beyond their guidelines for storing and transmitting patient data.
  - tricky 17y ago
    Wow, I've been kicking around an idea for a DICOM startup but I fear the HIPAA... Maybe I shouldn't. Thank you for that.
    - arohner 17y ago
      A previous day job of mine was at a company that does DICOM viewing and transmission. They did/do it pre- and post- HIPAA. HIPAA isn't too bad for software vendors. Just keep your records in order, and follow basic software engineering & security practices. They like to see documentation, especially design docs and test plans. The FDA comes out every year or two, and of course they keep digging until they find something to ding you on, just so the inspector looks like they're doing their job. EDIT: I now realize I was conflating FDA certification and HIPAA, though you'll probably have to deal with both while doing DICOM.

mgrouchy 17y ago

Not yet, but working on it!

pchristensen 17y ago
Well put. Similar sentiments from me on GeekStack http://geekstack.com http://geekstack.com
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bmelton 17y ago
If you're working on it, wouldn't that make you the founder of a pre-launch startup?
- mgrouchy 17y ago
  Maybe, I won't consider myself a founder until it actually launches. Its not really a startup if you aren't funded and you haven't launched anything, its kind of just an idea that you are working on at that point. So that is where I feel I am at, I am trying to get something off the ground while keeping my dayjob.
  - pedalpete 17y ago
    It's still a startup if you aren't funded. If you haven't launched, that I'll leave up to a judgement call.

jgrahamc 17y ago

I am one of the founders of http://www.electric-cloud.com/ http://www.electric-cloud.com/

markbao 17y ago

Yes, http://avecora.com http://avecora.com , http://ramamia.com http://ramamia.com , http://tickrtalk.com http://tickrtalk.com , http://classleaf.com http://classleaf.com , http://adaptance.com http://adaptance.com , and http://debateware.com http://debateware.com

modoc 17y ago

I founded Spark::red http://sparkred.com http://sparkred.com "The Best ATG Hosting Provider", with a couple of partners. ATG is a niche expensive (but amazing) eCommerce software package. All the partners are technical architect type folks.

sosuke 17y ago

What qualifies as a founder? If its a one man startup doesn't that give them every title? :)

alain94040 17y ago

A founder of http://fairsoftware.net http://fairsoftware.net : "build your [iPhone|web|desktop] App Together" Previously co-founder of http://eve-usa.com http://eve-usa.com PS: not listing projects I launched that never went anywhere...

nostrademons 17y ago

Former founder: http://diffle.com http://diffle.com, http://bootstrapacitor.com http://bootstrapacitor.com, http://randomicity.net http://randomicity.net, http://whatshallidonow.net http://whatshallidonow.net, and GameClay (which never launched). All dead now, my cofounder was the one that paid for the hosting, and he let them lapse when we gave up. I was the technical end of the partnership, writing the software. Heh, it looks far more impressive when I just list URLs. Most of those "startups" were pretty lame side projects, and the one that wasn't was the one that never launched.

hikari17 17y ago

I'm a co-founder -- along with my wife and a friend -- of http://www.genlighten.com http://www.genlighten.com, an Etsy-like marketplace for genealogy research services. My role includes pre-code IA/UX design, usability testing, customer development, sales/marketing, and general management.

csbartus 17y ago
nice ui, clean & fresh & still warm. keeep up!

socratees 17y ago

No. I'm on my H1B visa.

aditya 17y ago
Doesn't mean you can't found a company - you just can't be employed by it unless it sponsors your visa...

johns 17y ago

Yep. Founder of http://rimsystems.com http://rimsystems.com

Tawheed 17y ago

Yep! Founder at http://AskMyBrainTrust.com http://AskMyBrainTrust.com

ezmobius 17y ago

I'm one of the founder of http://engineyard.com http://engineyard.com

hajrice 17y ago
Oh awesome. I've heard great stuff about you, keep up the good work! :)

dawie 17y ago

Founder of http://docley.com http://docley.com

rbreve 17y ago

yes, Im working on blipea.com tubabel.com latino based startups

mojombo 17y ago

Currently cofounder of http://github.com http://github.com, previously founder of http://gravatar.com http://gravatar.com.

cullenking 17y ago
You guys provide an excellent service! We use you guys to host our git repo for http://ridewithgps.com/ http://ridewithgps.com/ -- excited to see what else comes out of your team.
defunkt 17y ago
Me too! Well, not Gravatar. But GitHub.
- defunkt 17y ago
  To elaborate: I think we've struck a really good balance at GitHub when it comes to our roles. mojombo has a background working with distributed systems (at Powerset) as well as in design (he freelanced for a few years). Which means he's our main UI / design person as well as the guy overseeing the "big picture" backend stuff. For instance, right now we're in the process of sharding all of our git repository data to get away from our network file system bottleneck. mojombo's leading that project and it's going great - we should see the plans come to fruition in the near future. He's also the guy that makes changes to the git-daemons and other sysadminy stuff. pjhyett, one of the other founders, is a seasoned web developer with experience in (among other things) Java and Rails. Which made him the ideal head of our Firewall Install product (since it uses JRuby). He's currently on a trip to NYC to meet with potential FI clients, and is in charge of adding features to it, fixing bugs, basically lording over the product. schacon isn't technically a founder, but we're a very flat (and small) organization. He's a Git expert so we deploy him on any and all things Git: weird server errors, crazy new projects (like the Fork Queue and Gist), and our issues scaling Git itself. He's currently experimenting with a Cassandra-backed git-daemon to help speed up clones (specifically the "Counting objects" / building packfile phase) and give us the ability to easily put mirrors in other continents. Tekkub is our customer support expert: he hangs out in irc, on the mailing list, and oversees the help site. He has programming background (we found him because of all his Lua stuff on GitHub) which means he can write his own tools and knows Git very well. I'm the third founder. I mostly hang out here.

colinplamondon 17y ago

Yup. Product: http://freebooksapp.com http://freebooksapp.com Company blog: http://spreadsong.com http://spreadsong.com

csbartus 17y ago
very nice idea, web site, and price! your blog is added to my reader :D
- colinplamondon 17y ago
  Thanks! Guess I should go and publish the post I wrote today, then ;)

alexsolo 17y ago

Yes, I am a co-founder of http://www.pagerduty.com http://www.pagerduty.com.

scottdw2 17y ago

Yes. Founder of http://www.transactor.com http://www.transactor.com

flooha 17y ago

I'm the founder of http://flooha.com http://flooha.com

kbrower 17y ago

Yes. Founder of http://www.recipepuppy.com http://www.recipepuppy.com

udfalkso 17y ago
Very nicely done. I'm gonna use this. The name is a bit weird though. I own makefoodnow.com and usemyingredients.com, let me know if you're interested in a trade of some sort.
hajrice 17y ago
Wow, the website looks awesome. I always wondered if one of these existed.

dannyr 17y ago

Founder of http://www.launchset.com http://www.launchset.com

run4yourlives 17y ago
That's a pretty cool site... have you had issues getting people to sign up on either side?
- dannyr 17y ago
  Thanks. Right now, I'm talking to different startups who might need the service. I think most startups build their own because they don't know there is a service like this out there. I ran an ad campaign on Google for some keywords and it looks like people don't really search for it.
  - run4yourlives 17y ago
    Thanks for the response. I only asked because I had thought of that idea as well and stumbled on how you'd be able to get enough traction to make it work. Chicken and egg problem. Good luck to you!

8plot 17y ago

Yes, I am the founder of http://StoryMash.com http://StoryMash.com

mid 17y ago

Yes, http://www.fatfreecrm.com http://www.fatfreecrm.com, also co-founded White Pajama, NextAge Technologies, and Fat Free Software.

csbartus 17y ago
+1, we need it!

ryanspahn 17y ago

Currently - http://sleep.fm http://sleep.fm and some other things too, soon to be released.

hajrice 17y ago
Love the UI!
- mgrouchy 17y ago
  It does look quite snazzy.
  - ryanspahn 17y ago
    Thanks everyone!
iamwil 17y ago
Glad to see that you're still around and still kicking it, with a better looking webpage.

jerome_etienne 17y ago

i'm the founder of http://urfastr.net http://urfastr.net and another one not yet annonced

terpua 17y ago

Cofounder of http://isyncd.com http://isyncd.com going after sharepoint and box.net. Previously founding country manager for friendster philippines.

callmeed 17y ago

Yes, co-founder and head of development for http://bigfolio.com http://bigfolio.com + http://nextproof.com http://nextproof.com Currently in our 5th year. "Ramen profitable" on day 1, and now "expensive sushi profitable". I don't know if we're still considered a "startup" but we still try and act like one ... new, cool stuff always in the works.

shafqat 17y ago

I'm the cofounder of NewsCred. http://www.newscred.com http://www.newscred.com is our consumer site, but we are more focused on a B2B solution (not public yet).

YuriNiyazov 17y ago

Yup, http://facetoflife.com http://facetoflife.com

PStamatiou 17y ago

Yup. http://skribit.com http://skribit.com "cure writer's/blogger's block"

knightinblue 17y ago
Love this one.

oschnaps 17y ago

co-founder of www.justthrive.com

smmcbride 17y ago

http://www.familymatic.com/ http://www.familymatic.com/ is my spare-time startup. It's mostly ready for launch, now I'm trying to figure out how to market it.

azsromej 17y ago

yes, working on http://rankforest.com http://rankforest.com and another unreleased project

jamwt 17y ago

Cofounder of http://shoptalkapp.com http://shoptalkapp.com . At this point, we all three (co-founders) participate pretty evenly in the hacking, strategy, marketing, etc.

hajrice 17y ago
Neat, I like the website. No offence but I think you guys could use a bit of UI improvement. If you need any help please feel free to contact me.

bjelkeman-again 17y ago

Co-founder of http://akvo.org/ http://akvo.org/

mrshoe 17y ago

I'm a cofounder of http://shoptalkapp.com http://shoptalkapp.com

nico 17y ago

Co-founder: http://www.medularis.com http://www.medularis.com, previously http://www.lemontech.cl http://www.lemontech.cl and also worked at http://www.needish.com http://www.needish.com

delano 17y ago

I'm a founder and VP of sales at Solutious Inc. http://solutious.com/ http://solutious.com/

brianr 17y ago

I'm the code-writing founder at http://www.lolapps.com http://www.lolapps.com .

hajrice 17y ago
Cool office.

lyime 17y ago

I am the founder of http://mugasha.com http://mugasha.com So far my role has been focused on development. As we get closer to our launch my role has been shifting and is more of other things. Honestly, I pretty much have to have my hand in everything.

jbr 17y ago

I'm co-founder of http://www.stormweight.com/ http://www.stormweight.com/ -- realtime brainstorming and voting for small teams. I alternate between title of "technical co-founder" and "ceo," depending on audience.

lux 17y ago

I started Simian Systems (simian.ca) when I was 20. Still going, so I guess it's not a startup any more... Also co-founded Dojo Learning (dojolearning.com) which is still a work in progress. I'm considering a switch to a "technomad" lifestyle and becoming a full-time touring musician, which I guess will be my next business venture. I don't think that quite qualifies as a "startup" though :)

cstefanovici 17y ago

Founder of http://www.blibu.com http://www.blibu.com I'm the developer, designer... and the rest

hajrice 17y ago
Hey, the website is down.
- cstefanovici 17y ago
  I am in touch with Twitter API folks to fix problems. Sometimes it goes down for a few seconds. We are looking into caching results so that the Search API is not queried on every page load.

wastedbrains 17y ago

Currently cofounder of http://devver.net http://devver.net currently acting at CTO mostly doing development.

tici_88 17y ago

yes, founder of http://wwww.kartamobile.com http://wwww.kartamobile.com

tici_88 17y ago

yes, founder of http://www.kartamobile.com http://www.kartamobile.com

ikhare 17y ago

Co-founder of http://zintin.com http://zintin.com (with now only one real product left on the iPhone: Scribble). Co-founder of: http://photophonebook.com http://photophonebook.com

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swombat 17y ago

Looks like there are a lot of founders here! Me too. Cofounder and CTO of http://www.woobius.com http://www.woobius.com

jon_dahl 17y ago

Yep - co-founder of one startup too many. :) -- http://tumblon.com http://tumblon.com -- http://zencoder.tv http://zencoder.tv and http://flixcloud.com http://flixcloud.com

nkohari 17y ago

I'm co-founder of http://agilezen.com/ http://agilezen.com/ -- lean project management app based on ideas from the Toyota Production System. I'm in charge of developing and maintaining the product, and my other co-founder/wife is in charge of keeping the business running.

yannis 17y ago
Great application! With a bit of work it can jump!
- nkohari 17y ago
  Thanks. :)

raghus 17y ago

I started http://feedfliks.com http://feedfliks.com

tonystubblebine 17y ago

Founder of http://www.crowdvine.com http://www.crowdvine.com. I built the first version myself, which was enough to get us to profitability. These days I mostly talk on the phone.

mjh 17y ago

I'm founder of penetration testing laboratories. Site isn't launched yet, so I fall into the pre-launch founder status. The idea is based on providing a tool box for auditors and n00bs to do security testing from. So far the environment is setup and development is slow coming but I expect it to launch in some form by the end of the year.

umbrae 17y ago

Yep, creator of Kindling - http://www.kindlingapp.com http://www.kindlingapp.com - Incubated inside my company, Arc90. Kindling is an idea collaboration engine. Meant to find brilliance within an organization.

webgeek 17y ago

Cofounder at http://www.hotindianstartups.com http://www.hotindianstartups.com and http://www.bollyscoops.com http://www.bollyscoops.com

zarqman 17y ago

Yes, founder of http://zerigo.com http://zerigo.com - cloud-infrastructure services. I'm with several others... founders tend to do a bit of everything. I'm no exception. :)

amitt 17y ago

Cofounder of MyMiniLife. Was recently acquired by Zynga: http://www.myminilife.com http://www.myminilife.com

pickuppundit 17y ago

Founder at http://www.pickuppundit.com http://www.pickuppundit.com

vdibart 17y ago

Founder of http://www.whizkidsports.com http://www.whizkidsports.com. Still a work in progress, hopefully ready by beginning of next baseball season.

arohner 17y ago

Founder at http://reasonr.com http://reasonr.com It's an improvement on forums/Yahoo Answers for troubleshooting technical problems. Similar technology to hunch.com but applied to a practical use. Warning: Still young, obviously needs a lot more polish before prime time.

herval 17y ago

founder of http://www.mapservices.org/myguestmap http://www.mapservices.org/myguestmap and a couple of brazilian projects: http://www.investidorvirtual.com http://www.investidorvirtual.com (currently being reworked for legal reasons), http://www.bloobox.com.br http://www.bloobox.com.br (not a web service, but still.. tech), http://www.cnnt.com.br http://www.cnnt.com.br, http://www.sollipsis.com http://www.sollipsis.com (my current company) and a lot of pet projects that never seen the light of day.. :-)

s-phi-nl 17y ago

http://hnstartups.com/ http://hnstartups.com/ was started to list the startups of HN users. However, it does not check that a submitter really is a HN user, so it's mostly spam now.

zackham 17y ago

Co-founder of http://ridewithgps.com http://ridewithgps.com - we're launching a huge redesign on Saturday, but have had a positive response to our features so far.

cullenking 17y ago
Second co-founder. There are three of us, Zack and I handle most of the business, code and community relations, while Cameron handles all the graphics. Cameron's work has evolved into a complete redesign of our site, which will finally get us away from the comical blocky layout we currently have.

jalammar 17y ago

Yes, founder of http://www.Qaym.com http://www.Qaym.com, a local business review site in Arabic

abyssknight 17y ago

I guess technically I am, but I tend to be more of the hired-help role. ;) Things I've founded alone: http://fragtweet.com http://fragtweet.com A simple Twitter & OAuth app in rails. Proof of concept and left dormant for now. It appears a competitor has been born that does everything I planned on doing, and does it well. Who am I to argue with progress? ;) Things I helped build, but did not found: http://ordercounter.com http://ordercounter.com I helped these guys bootstrap when I was in college. Both founders are friends of mine, and I was asked to join in as a 30% stock holder but turned it down. I built the web based back-office interface and the online ordering system which allowed restaurants to specify a polygonal delivery area. Most of this was in PHP with some PERL for the Geocoder::US interface. http://theamericancritic.com http://theamericancritic.com I took this project as a contract in college. Everything was built from scratch sans libraries in PHP. Another dev stepped in to help but that didn't work out for my client. I still have a backlog of O&M updates to do for this one. http://mybloglog.com http://mybloglog.com Little known fact, I did actually sort of work on MyBlogLog before its acquisition by Yahoo. I helped test the app internally at Cloudspace and designed the VC diagrams for the negotiations. I left the company before the sale, but it felt pretty good to be a part of that in any capacity.

cullenking 17y ago

Co-founder of a route mapping and performance analysis site, http://ridewithgps.com/ http://ridewithgps.com/ aimed at cyclists. Currently at 1100 users, 4000 user submitted routes and 1300 uploaded trips. Looking to upset the market leaders in a very lucrative industry that is void of innovation. There are three of us, Zack and I are code/business/advertising and Cameron is graphic design. Works really well so far! We have a complete redesign launching this weekend, with an aggressive feature map after our re-launch.

vivekamn 17y ago

Co-founder Founder of www.radaptive.com an Asset Management and Ticketing solution(running in Ebay/paypal/danger-now Microsoft! and ask.com. Role: I handle all things technical.