iamjonlee

It seems that the more times we fail, the more we learn and the better we get when we do start over again. Let's give the 5th app a try and see where we stand in creating a sustainable product that people might be…

I've been looking up several video places to do a video promo and wondering if any of you have experiences with a good video production team you can recommend. I'm looking for a similar type video to Path.com or…

Is there any way to add an additional 3-4 sentences to our submitted late YC application? Our application is still pretty accurate, but the 3-4 sentences we wanted to add clarifies how we differ in a MUCH better way and…

I'm going through Instagram and one of the features I never really got was showing a list of all the people that liked your photo.<p>I get that this may lead to user discovery and it may be a good way for the…

Today's one of those days for me where you look back in the past and wonder where you would be and what you would be doing if a previous startup had made it BIG. You would be managing a team of rockstar programmers,…

I don't know if this is a good thing, but everytime I feel like giving up or wanting to rant about an unsuccessful attempt at building a startup, I post on HN. With each of these posts, I get amazingly insightful…

So I was at Starbucks earlier a few hours ago, drinking coffee with a friend and some of his coworkers when we began talking about iPhone apps (one of them recently bought a new iPhone and asked what apps were…

I was talking to a friend today who recently invested in a nightclub near Santana Row. We talked about various things, and hiring a social media marketing expert was one of them. He claims that one of the main reasons…

Have you ever launched a project at Kickstarter? What are some tips, thoughts, tricks you can share with us? How did you share your Kickstarter? I'm having problems getting my Kickstarter exposed, so making a thread so…

I've never really understood why usernames are always 5 characters or more. Why not 3 or 4? Is it because it's more relevant to searches in a user database? What's the reasoning?

Hey everyone! We spent the major part of the year preparing an idea we had for the YC application. At last minute, we decided not to go through with YC. I mean, we've had our fair shares of failed startups and this was…

Working on a startup, you lose track of time. With the long hours, the built up stress, you begin to wonder if you've really progressed. I never notice how much I progress until I really look back and realize that I'm…