We make a better more collaborative app that centers on really simple notes as the core thing. You can jot some Knotes but you can also share them natively like slack and put lots of content from other services into them. Knotable.com
Feedback welcome. Still beta
But the Chrome extension is 1.0 and doing really well!
This is pretty fun and interesting. there is something great about the up/down mechanic on many leading sites. I wonder if there is a way to distill down just that mechanic -- Qu is close!
Drugs 'train your brain' and we have many techniques for training our brains now that seem to actually work -- now under names like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and meditation and brain games. This stuff used to go under names like hypnosis or mindreading.
It's amazingly underused and it's great to see modernizing approaches to the "command line" to the brain.
But this is indeed a very promising field with powerful technology
- co-founder with five other neuroscientists of this company --> HaloNeuro.com --> drop us a line and get involved in our clinical trials if you are interested in this topic around SF or NY
@Kima testimonial -- these guys took a look at my recent venture very fast, very authoritative, read the docs and sent the money, and have been completely hands-off. Kima is not a startup school for "teach me" founders. It is a the model of a quick-decisions seed fund. In my case they followed a co-investor who they knew well. "He's in? We're in. Done." People say this but I rarely see it.
As for what else they add -- I'll find out next week in Paris at their summit next to Le Web. I suspect the 100s of CEOs they have backed and big european network will be things I value. They are relevant for the company I'm building.
I think the Kima pitch has a lot in common with the PG worldview -- founders want fast decisions, money, network. Maybe they want a school or maybe they can run a school; founders vary.
I've thought this for a while also - the big messaging apps like Whatsapp and Line and Kakao and WeChat are SO BIG and growing so fast already.
More reason to think they might "beat" Facebook is that a) many are already owned by Internet giants, i.e., have tons of resources to drive growth. WeChat is owned by Tencent/QQ and Line by South Korea's Naver. And b) they are Asia-centric where Facebook is weaker. Maybe these "international" players end up beating Facebook on its home turf.
What I liked most about this article is the first-person account of what it feels like to have startup ideas. It's so exciting! Your friends love them! It's super fun!
I guess ideas for movies and creative stuff are similar.
And for those who follow startup culture we all know there is a massive gulf between those who try to actually do stuff and those who just tinker forever. This guy in the article is the sad "I never tried" type.
As a guy who has built a bunch of big startups myself (a.sarva.co) I meet these guys all the time and feel bad when I do. The only advice is DO IT!!!
It's a whole other ball of wax once you meet those guys who DO start -- it's not just DO IT DO IT till it works (repetition). At that point you have someone who DOES stuff. So now they/we/me must work intelligently to do successful stuff.
I think folks in the comments here may be missing that distinction.
Feedback welcome. Still beta
But the Chrome extension is 1.0 and doing really well!
Knotable.com/chrome/note