December 2011
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“Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to...”
– T.E Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia
September 2011
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StyleSeat got a mention in Entrepreneur Mag!
I spoke with Entrepreneur mag a few weeks back about the techniques we use to brainstorm. Had a bunch of ideas, but glad the reporter agreed that beer can be an important business tool :)
Melody
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StyleSeat in SHAPE magazine!
StyleSeat got an awesome mention in SHAPE magazine this month!
Woo! :)
m.
August 2011
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StyleSeat: Our Story and Vision
styleseat:
StyleSeat has been making waves recently- both in the press as well as in our strong community growth since our May launch. As we start to become more of a force in the beauty world I want to talk a bit about our vision and how we plan on shaping the industry.
I started StyleSeat because I was frustrated that I couldn’t find and book a hair stylist online. I then realized beauty...
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Nice Coverage in TechCrunch on StyleSeat's...
StyleSeat is et More Proof That There’s a Market for OpenTable for X
July 2011
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StyleSeat in the Business Insider
Congrats to the team for a killer piece of coverage!
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I spoke with Mario Armstrong on his Sirius show... →
“Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of...”
– Leonardo da Vinci
June 2011
1 post
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Jack Dorsey on Twitter, Square and how to build a...
Love this interview of Jack. He breaks things down to their most essential and is a great storyteller. We’re at a point in our business where we’ve built something useful and are about to start to tell our community’s stories so it’s particularly inspiring for me.
http://itun.es/ig78kb
May 2011
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Rumblings of Something New
Just about everything I’ve put on this blog for the past year or so has been random iPhone photos or postings from around the web. The reason for this is that I’ve been working 6 or 7 days a week building a company that’s been in stealth mode. Any interesting thoughts I have are about something I can’t talk about, which leads to a sad little iphone photo blog.
Very soon...
April 2011
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March 2011
2 posts
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WatchGreat exploration about trying to create something noteworthy and the challenges that come with the struggle.
Creating a startup is a lot of drudgery. Insane hours. Solitary planning and pushing ahead. The toil creates a space where doubt can creep in once and a while. I like that this shows a hint of that, but also paints a vivid picture of why these men do what they do.
February 2011
3 posts
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January 2011
12 posts
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WatchA mashup of my Foursquare checkins in SF
“The best performers observe themselves closely. They are in effect able to step...”
– Talent Is Overrated. (via matthendrick)
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Things I'm looking forward to in 2011
I’m feeling good about this year! I think a lot of folks had a tough 2010, many had job changes, financial challenges and generally it was a stressful year. At the end of things though, I feel like most of my friends/family did impressive things in 2010- my parents moved from the burbs to San Francisco (huge), many friends started companies and Dan and I bootstrapped our business for most...
“I think the No. 1 challenge in a start-up is building the best possible thing...”
– Facebook platform product manager Carl Sjogreen, in an analysis piece I wrote called “Assessing the fate of the ‘Facebook Way’” (via caro)
December 2010
2 posts
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WatchAn eloquent talk about an important topic.
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November 2010
8 posts
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My Thoughts on Path
I’m fascinated by Path. As a disclosure, Path’s founder Dave Morin is an investor of mine, but he knows I’m not afraid to tell him if I don’t agree :) and the company inspired me to write for the first time in a while, so here goes. Path is different because it’s aiming to bring meaning to our interactions. There is a lot of fluffy tech that utilizes easy viral...
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August 2010
2 posts
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StyleSeat covered in September's American Salon...
StyleSeat is looking lovely as ever in this month’s American Salon Magazine. Congrats team, and thank you to Jennifer Barnes for her great piece. Check out the full article here.
Not unusual 'round these parts
IM Conversation
Me: “I’m sending an email to the beta testers about the latest site fixes, it’d be fun to include a funny picture of you, want to send me one?”
couple minutes pause
Dan:
Me “Yup, that’ll do”
July 2010
2 posts
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Building a Network
Recently @bradcoughlin asked me this on Twitter:
I’m pretty interested in the the subject and thought it merited a blog post. In my opinion the strength of your network is directly proportional to how effective you can be. When I first came to SF I realized that tech was the first thing I’d ever been really excited about. At the time I was in pr (a career I couldn’t have been...
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Welcome Leah Culver!
I’m happy to announce that Leah Culver is working with StyleSeat as a part-time developer! She’s actually been working with us for several months now, but announcements (even late ones) are always nice.
As an entrepreneur, she has strong product instinct and has been a huge value to our tiny-yet-mighty team. Thanks to her help we’ve shipped a ton of essential features out the...
June 2010
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Tennis is for Zombies
The UK’s Guardian blogger highlighted the ludicrously long 10 1/2 hour Wimbledon match between Mahut and Isner. The live blog for the historic game, which ended at 59-all (I know) started as respectable coverage of an important event. After a full day though it got pretty hilarious. My favorite portion:
7.45pm: What happens if we steal their rackets? If we steal their rackets, the...
WatchI love this. One of the common factors of my entrepreneur friends is that they all have a story about not fitting in when they were young, either because they got terrible grades or didn’t understand the larger systems society grooms us to be a part of. Cameron has a few funny stories and ideas on how to foster a child’s entrepreneurial instincts.
I also fished golf balls out of the...
