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   by wensing 15y ago

   Stormpulse feelin' the love. (We made the list).
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   by wensing 15y ago

   I could relate to a lot of his painstaking efforts after building the maps for Stormpulse "by hand" albeit digitally. Hundreds of little decisions all along the way.
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   by wensing 15y ago

   Definitely agree. This is why we (Stormpulse) not only avoided Google Maps but spent 1,000's of hours designing the UI. I would avoid mapstraction for the same reason: we see mapping as a core competency of our business. YMMV of course.
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   by wensing 15y ago

   I got married at 21, had my first child (of 4) at 21, and had the idea for Stormpulse at 23. I've now worked on it for 7 years and turned 30 last month. I feel like I've accomplished a lot in terms of having a very full home life and a ve
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   What's Your Startup's Reserve Price?(gabrielweinberg.com)

   6 points by wensing 15y ago|0 comments
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   by wensing 15y ago

   Wonder what Salesforce wants with UA.
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   by wensing 15y ago

   Or you could just test 100 people and discover that X think of Goodyear or the Hindenberg and you're being a bit absurdist. :)
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   by wensing 15y ago

   So what do all these startups do that can not raise a series A? A subset sell as a team buy, a few go out of business, but an increasing number are going out for a bridge round. Basically, instead of raising $5 million, I am seeing post-
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   by wensing 15y ago

   I bet they pay more than 99 cents too!
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    by wensing 15y ago

    We've sold to F500, SMB, and govt/mil.
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    by wensing 15y ago

    Haha, awesome, thanks.
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    by wensing 15y ago

    Glad we (Stormpulse) made the decision to build our own mapping system.
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    by wensing 15y ago

    No, it takes all the work before you ever talk to an investor plus a certain amount of time which for him could have between six weeks given the traction of DDG.
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    by wensing 15y ago

    completely inanimate objects to RNA Has this been mapped out in detail? (Please pardon my ignorance. I'm not an evolutionist but like to stay current).
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    by wensing 15y ago

    The article talks about $9.1 bn invested in SV in 2010 vs $1.2 bn in the South and then goes on to say that approximately 1 out of 10 raises are in the South. Unfortunately this overlooks the power of having 4x as much money concentrated in
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    by wensing 15y ago

    I agree they messed up here, but Bloomberg in general is amazing. The terminal is invincible, the news network is the best on television (have you seen their interview with pg or their feature on Elon Musk?), their revenues are insanely gr
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    by wensing 15y ago

    We did appear in TC in Sept 08 but nothing on the order of the GigaOm writeup.
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    by wensing 15y ago

    Thanks Mike ... really liked doing that HnT and was glad we could veer away from tech topics and talk about the biz. Hope we can cross paths again soon.
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    by wensing 15y ago

    I guess a direct link to our chronicles of toiling outside of the limelight could help.
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    by wensing 15y ago

    Wow, thanks. I'm definitely getting more comfortable with pitching, but don't consider myself a master by any stretch. I think the next frontiers are frame control and getting a better grasp on market sizing and pricing. But yes, hopefully
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    by wensing 15y ago

    Thanks, auston! Speaking at RefreshMiami and the South Florida HackNTell were big confidence boosters that also contributed to the good outcomes.
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    by wensing 15y ago

    Yes! Well said.
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    by wensing 15y ago

    Thanks Nivi. My post is meant less as a criticism and more as a fundraising how-to for others like us. I think the changes you are making are good.
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    by wensing 15y ago

    For the record, I have looked at our first application again and I can see how it left something to be desired. I do think AL is working great for us now and I think hustle can create enough social proof to make things happen. The bar is
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    by wensing 15y ago

    We did change by committing to B2B, but insofar as we didn't change the foundational product, team, or market, you are correct. Which is why I call it a hack -- doing what it takes rather than what you think is important.
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    Hacking AngelList (or "social proof")(wensing.tumblr.com)

    86 points by wensing 15y ago|34 comments
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    by wensing 15y ago

    (I decided to turn this comment into a blog post with pictures here: http://wensing.tumblr.com/post/11062968069/hacking-angellist... ) Stormpulse first appeared on AngelList on 8/24/10. We go no interest whatsoever and didn't even make it
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    How Stormpulse made more money on fewer customers(gigaom.com)

    5 points by wensing 15y ago|0 comments
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    by wensing 15y ago

    We've bootstrapped Stormpulse for years. Even if we take outside investment, I will still acknowledge our start as bootstrapped. At that point we would no longer be "bootstrapping" though.
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    Stormpulse iPad app for businesses has arrived (written in haXe)(itunes.apple.com)

    2 points by wensing 15y ago|0 comments