A few weeks ago, I started to pull back work on Vine Trails, and committed to just one day a week. My co-founder Matt and I weren’t able to keep the same schedules - I was full time, while Matt was only available for a day. At the time I thought it would be better to change … Continue reading A Startup Retrospective
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Heroku vs Amazon from Australia
I thought this was interesting to share. I live in Sydney, Australia, and I was looking for relatively easy hosting setup for an Australian audience. I had two options: go with a platform-as-a-service provider like Heroku, or spend more time setting up my own infrastructure with AWS which has a datacentre in Sydney. Azure isn't available here yet, … Continue reading Heroku vs Amazon from Australia
The Hipster, Hacker and Hustler
The term “Hipster, Hacker and Hustler” was coined in 2012 and describes the “dream” startup team. It consists of a hipster (designer) to make your product look great, a hacker to build it, and a hustler to think about strategy and marketing. Many VCs and seed funds swear by this mix, and admit that it … Continue reading The Hipster, Hacker and Hustler
On Starting Up
I've been working on my own project recently, a tourism related startup called Vine Trails. Its aim is to help people understand and navigate Australia's wine regions based on wines they already like. I'm really enjoying it so far, and feel like I've learned an enormous amount in the last six weeks. I love seeing what's fun, what's difficult, and what kind of tasks I … Continue reading On Starting Up