Before I decided to take Referly full time it was just a side project for a couple years. For New Year’s 2012 I set a personal goal to code every day (my job at the time was head of marketing for a developer company), and in early February of this Continue Reading
I’ve been blogging for a long time, longer than I’ve owned this domain or had Google Analytics. Â Beyond public blogging I also keep a paper journal, and in fact cart an entire box of my old journals with me whenever I move (which has been often). Â I also wrote more Continue Reading
I obsess over my startup’s metrics. I constantly have Google Analytics realtime running in my browser to monitor traffic on Referly, and throughout the day I check it to see how many people are concurrently visiting our website (scroll to bottom to watch video on how to use this tool). Continue Reading
I’ve been thinking about how people make product placements online, and probably have watched over 100 “haul” videos trying to understand why they get hundreds of thousands of views. Â I’d be remiss if I didn’t make my own, and on a startup budget I don’t have that many purchases I Continue Reading
When you launch a company suddenly everyone is a competitor, or so it feels. Then you realize everyone you thought was a competitor might also be a partner at best, and a distraction at worst. Next you realize your idea is changing so rapidly, fueled by customer feedback and sleepless Continue Reading
I’ve embarked on a new adventure as CEO & Cofounder of Referly – a startup that is helping anyone earn rewards for referring products they love and generating purchases. We are in the YCombinator class this summer. Learn more at http://refer.ly Lately I’ve been waking up really early, and working Continue Reading
Its been two weeks since we launched Referly to the world, and I’m proud to report that I’ve earned $34.91 using the service to share products I own and love. I’ve tried to act like a (somewhat) normal person with Referly and only share things I’m proud to vouch for, Continue Reading
On Monday we launched Referly, and announced we will be participating in YCombinator this summer. While this is only my second full-time week as a founder, I thought it would be fun to rummage around in my email and Github to grab a timeline of how Referly went from idea Continue Reading
All the gold and the guns in the world couldn’t get you off All the gold and the guns and the girls couldn’t get you off All the boys, All the choices in the world I remember when we were gambling to win Everybody else said better luck next time I don’t Continue Reading
Editors Note: A lot of you mentioned that I had a very strange glass for a champagne drink and you’re right – but usually I am drinking and working at my desk on the weekends when I have this… so the Bodum double walled tumbler is perfect. It keeps your Continue Reading