Comments on: Full-time Startup: Skribit Week 30 (Coding, Coding, Coding)

By: Adim

Adim — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 01:52:34 +0000

Well I just joined a YC startup about a month ago http://foodoro.com. Its a food marketplace. Its been an interesting month and a half. Working 15 hour days, eating and sleeping little. Its hectic but fun, that’s what working at a startup is all about, the passion and hard work hoping/believing that one day it will pay out.

We are currently working on ways to publicize the site, we currently get decent traffic but our name is not fully out there yet. We have the tech down and now to tell people about it is the next phase, hopefully it will all work out. I have been watching skribit since inception and its looking good, at least from here. I have faith in you goodluck!

By: Paul from MMA Overload

Paul from MMA Overload — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:58:40 +0000

Being part of a start up is hard, hard work but you have to admit… there’s nothing else like it :). Good luck!

By: Atlanta Startup Weekend 3 – Launch Something! « Rob’s Blog – Technology, Atlanta, Startups and Stuff

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:00:46 +0000

[...] The first Atlanta startup weekend created Skribit, which launched VERY late Sunday night of that weekend, and was one of the first Startup Weekend projects to take on a life of its own beyond the weekend. With every ASW1 attendee united on 1 project, we had an amazingly balanced and capable team, but we lost a lot of people after day 1 when they decided the idea wasn’t for them. Skribit received funding from Georgia Tech’s Edison Fund, and is actively being worked on by Paul Stamatiou and others. [...]

By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:21:10 +0000

Thanks Paul. I then too feel your pain. I wish I had a powerful blog that paid the rent! :)

As for the font, I don’t believe it is the same. The font we used is called Cocon. I love the font as well. I’m glad you like it!

By: Paul Stamatiou

Paul Stamatiou — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:33:04 +0000

Hey Greg,

In short I’m definitely in the same rut, especially with my behemoth tuition loans from attending an out-of-state ($$$) university. The blog, however, does cover rent, utilities and some of my health insurance (on most months, it varies here and there). Skribit received a seed stage investment in December that also helps out with a bit of salary for me, but it is by no means a long-term solution and we will need to figure things out soon if we are to continue at this pace.

Best,
Paul

btw i like the font on thumbfound.. is that the “Pownce” font?

By: Paul Stamatiou

Paul Stamatiou — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:23:18 +0000

hehe, in due time my friend!

By: Paul Stamatiou

Paul Stamatiou — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:22:22 +0000

Hey Zach, thanks for the reply and the pointer to peashoot.. I haven’t heard of it but the site is definitely well-designed. I must say that I am usually very skeptical of twitter marketing apps/sites, especially ones that are paid but that looks nice.

Related – I just started using cotweet for @skribit.. figure I need to build that account up sooner or later.

By: lewro

lewro — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:49:00 +0000

I am looking forward to hear how you are going to do marketing for your app. This kind of articles from “real world or start-ups” are very inspiring. Good luck!

By: Nithin Bekal

Nithin Bekal — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 04:17:59 +0000

I started working at a startup two months ago, and I love working there for the exact same reason Andre mentioned. There’s so much more freedom to decide how you want to do things!

By: Daniel Sims

Daniel Sims — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:49:12 +0000

Thanks for the insurance deets. My new job doesn’t provide insurance, so I’m am considering going with the cheapest only-covered-when-hit-by-an-asteroid plan. But even that is close to a hundred bucks a month :/

By: Wes

Wes — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 02:17:07 +0000

Great work, Paul! I thoroughly enjoy reading your blog, and really like what you’re doing with Skribit. Keep up the good work, and it will take off.

By: Greg

Greg — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:33:16 +0000

Hey Paul,

Nice post. I recently started a mobile marketing agency and the life of an entrepreneur is fun and rewarding but right now paying bills (still very early) has been a challenge. Does your blog pay enough to cover all of your costs? Do you have investors for Skribit that are helping you “get buy”? I’m always interested in how start-ups that bootstrap it pay bills like rent etc.

I’d love your thoughts.
Thanks!

By: Patrix

Patrix — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:32:56 +0000

I guess asking how many Pro subscribers you have would be out of line.

By: Bruce Keener

Bruce Keener — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:30:29 +0000

Good of you to share your experiences in starting up, Stammy. Very informative.

By: Edward Beckett

Edward Beckett — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:13:13 +0000

Writers Block Sucks …

Great Idea … :)

By: Zach Bailey

Zach Bailey — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:29:55 +0000

Nice work Stammy! Lots to look forward to and glad you’re back on track after getting sidelined for a little while. A little bit of home cookin’ never hurts either, right? :)

I’ll be watching closely how you choose to market Skribit. The startup I work for (http://www.wildfireplatform.com) has recently started pushing hard to get our online presence beefed up as well. If you ever want to connect to throw some ideas back and forth, let’s do it!

Also, have you heard of this new tool called Peashoot (http://peashootapp.com/) ? It seems like a pretty cool tool for tracking social and other online marketing efforts. One of my coworkers came across it and shared it with us yesterday and it’s definitely got me thinking about the possibilities.

Cheers!
-Zach

By: Andre

Andre — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:03:09 +0000

My startup isn’t actually a startup quite yet, but a research project here at Tech. Without giving too much details, most students on campus will be using it this semester in the dining halls. I love working at a startup because there’s still so much freedom to build something HOW you want to, instead of maintaining code. You are still creating the features at this state, so you get to make all of the decisions.

By: Oli from the-iBlog.com

Oli from the-iBlog.com — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:00:05 +0000

That’s not a makeshift desk. THIS is a makeshift desk ! :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlzNVgQPjv0

By: Mike Skalnik

Mike Skalnik — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:56:46 +0000

At home in Dallas for the summer.

By: Paul Stamatiou

Paul Stamatiou — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:53:57 +0000

WordPress says “tx.res.rr.com” on your comment… you in TX too now?

By: Mike Skalnik

Mike Skalnik — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:52:39 +0000

I’m in a similar position, hacking away and soon, hopefully, have a large focus on marketing.