[jobtransit] Re: Specs
- From: "Jonathan Laird" <jlaird@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: jobtransit@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 08:47:42 -0800
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-----
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> [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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