Ask HN: Founders taking the leap?

by riskish on 6/12/2010, 12:25 AM with 32 comments

I've been to events here and there, and I have found that the ycombinator community represents the web start up mind set very well better than most places. I wanted to start this thread as a way to exchange instant messaging addresses (IM) with founders that are just now taking the leap to start a web start up with their own experience. This can be a good way to stay motivated and help one another.

  • by DTrejo on 6/12/2010, 2:10 AM

    hang out with us on #startups on freenode :)

  • by harnhua on 6/12/2010, 5:58 AM

    Went full-time last August to work on an FPGA test/design tool http://www.plunify.com

    Probably sounds very focused ;) but there are so many things that can be done in this space.

    Feel free to message me at harnhua (at) gmail (dot) com

  • by jallmann on 6/12/2010, 5:03 AM

    Will be working on my startup fulltime come August. It is a twilio for video calls, basically. If anyone is interested in the telephony or the video space, I'd love to talk. Gtalk is joshua.allmann

  • by markbao on 6/12/2010, 4:08 AM

    Hi! I'm building a bunch of businesses, like http://genevine.com , http://branchr.com and http://supportbreeze.com. Get in touch - mark@markbao.com email+msn, marktbao on AIM, @markbao.

  • by bdickason on 6/12/2010, 1:05 AM

    I'm building Salon Software at http://getmochi.com

    My AIM: its495time My MSN: dickason@purdue.edu My Twitter: @flashmen

    Would love to talk to ANYONE especially people building subscription-based software for industries that are 'sleepy' or slow to adopt tech.

  • by kranner on 6/12/2010, 11:10 AM

    Hey, I'm working on http://codeboff.in. It's just a landing page for now but there's a blog at http://blog.codeboff.in.

    My IM is karanvasudeva@gmail.com.

  • by eduardo_f on 6/12/2010, 5:31 PM

    I quit my job 3 weeks ago to work on a Gmail migration app. It's in beta:

    https://apps.improffice.com/migrationbeta/

    Get in touch @123Edu, eduardo at improffice dot com

  • by lachyg on 6/12/2010, 2:19 AM

    I'm working on a project, bringing front end code to unsavvy designers, I've got the guy who designed SimpleGeo's site doing design work, but I'm looking for a technical co-founder

    AIM: lachygroomgle (don't ask!) gTalk: lachygroom@gmail.com

  • by guiseppecalzone on 6/12/2010, 1:50 AM

    I'm building HelloFax.com.

    You can ping me at joseph (at) hellofax.com.

  • by acangiano on 6/12/2010, 2:13 AM

    http://ThinkCode.TV is the first project of my startup and it's not a web application, but feel free to get in touch. My IM is acangiano@gmail.com.

  • by Tawheed on 6/12/2010, 4:19 AM

    I'm quitting my day job to work full time on http://braintrusthq.com and http://toutapp.com.

  • by mindcrime on 6/12/2010, 12:39 AM

    Does it have to be a web startup? :-) How about an enterprise software startup? Anyway, my IM address is motley.crue.fan@gmail.com (XMPP/GTalk).

  • by bdr on 6/12/2010, 4:56 AM

    Cut off everything else and became full-time in May. Building a chat site. Contact @andrewbadr on Twitter or gmail in my profile.

  • by voidfiles on 6/12/2010, 1:33 AM

    I am building http://wacchen.com

    My IM is: voidfiles@gmail.com