Archive for August, 2011
[continued from chapter 1] …so we had a concept for a ‘build your own craigslist’ that was going to take over the world. After talking through the concept in detail with a few trusted friends and advisors, there was only one thing left to do: build something. September 1 rolled around and the news broke [...]
As you may know, Benny and I have killed off Friendslist and refocused our efforts elsewhere. The Friendslist product was live for about 6 months. In that time we disproved our core hypothesis: that we can compel people to build and run their own thriving marketplace. Few people used the product. Even fewer loved it. [...]
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Jonathan Wegener is founder/CEO of Timehop.com, a simple service that answers the question "What did you do this day last year?" Jonathan loves building technology products. Jonathan was once told in an interview that he "thinks too much." He didn't get the job. But it was the greatest compliment he's ever received.
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