[jobtransit] Re: Specs
- From: "Geoff Sallee" <geoff.sallee@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: jobtransit@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 16:41:51 -0800
I can do 7 or 8 on Thursday.
-Geoff
On Feb 4, 2008 8:47 AM, Jonathan Laird <jlaird@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thursday at 7 pm, or 8 pm should be fine for me. If need be and Sam's
> alright with it, we can start a little earlier, maybe at 7:30 pm since Kevin
> is 3 hrs ahead and Sam can join a little later.
>
> On 2/3/08, Kevin Lee <colmustang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Yeah, that sounds good. Attached is a very rough document that talks a
> > little about the three different projects (more for the sake of getting
> > ideas on to paper). Consider it more of an exploratory paper than
> > anything...are you guys available Thurs Feb 7 @ 7:00PM PT to meet
> > online?
> > If not, what's the best time?
> >
> > Good to hear we're motivated!
> >
> > Kev
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: jobtransit-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:jobtransit-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sam Talaie
> > Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2008 9:04 PM
> > To: jobtransit@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [jobtransit] Re: Specs
> >
> > Hey,
> >
> > I don't have any personal experience. I've taken some
> > entrepreneurship courses both in undergrad and here at ucla. I'm also
> > seeing how people at my company and how a couple other people in know
> > (one from ucla, @kevin: remember Ryan, the surfer guy who was in the
> > crypto group, he is starting one). Certain projects might need some
> > chunk of funding due to their initial costs (programmers, services,
> > lawyers, etc.) prior to really developing anything. I know that there
> > are different rounds of funding and that usually it starts with angel
> > investors who front the very initial costs so develop, before the
> > company has something to approach VCs with (i.e. a working prototype).
> >
> > To do things right and have a good system it's usually a good idea to
> > bring on somebody with tons of experience (+5yrs) to help architect
> > the system. I have no doubt about our technical skills, but having
> > someone with technical skills as well as business experience to help
> > us define the product and maket it to VC's is not a bad idea. For
> > example, my friend who started a company brought on a former Berkeley
> > prof turned entrepreneur as cofounder. I am not saying we need
> > someone of that caliber, but we should approach it somewhat like this
> > so we don't get compeletely ignored or taken advantage of when we go
> > to get funding.
> >
> > I also think we'll need more money than usual due to the application.
> > Video is gonna require lots of bandwidth and perhaps storage (we will
> > probably want to allow users to save previous interviews or download
> > them or something).
> >
> > Anyway, just some thoughts I had today as I watch everyone around me
> > do a startup. We should jump on this though before somebody beats us
> > to the punch. (i think that's the right idiom).
> >
> > -sam
> >
> >
> > On Feb 2, 2008 4:58 PM, Jonathan Laird <jlaird@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Whether or not this is the best path to take, I think Sam has a good
> > point
> > > in spec-ing out one of the lower hanging fruits to see how it
> > looks. We
> > > won't know till we try.
> > >
> > > Sam - It sounds like you have some experience with this - since you
> > know
> > > about approaching a lawyer and Venture Capitol Firms..? What else
> > have
> > you
> > > done in the past?
> > >
> > > I guess I should resume working on the business plan since that's also
> > > equally important...
> > >
> > > Jonathan
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Feb 2, 2008 3:55 PM, Sam Talaie <stalaie@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hey guys,
> > > >
> > > > What do you say we start a specs doc? I think the lowest hanging
> > > > fruit right now is the video interview portal. I've seen 3 people I
> > > > know recently do startups. I think if we can hammer out the specs
> > and
> > > > get the idea down, we can approach a lawyer and some VC's.
> > > >
> > > > -sam
> > > >
> > > >
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