Cross posted from Seattle 2.0 >> A series of events yesterday convinced me that it’s time to write the blog post that I haven’t being willing to touch for over six months. This is the blog post that says goodbye to Seattle and hello to San Francisco. Seattle is a Continue Reading
Reposted from the Twilio Company Blog When I came downstairs this morning I was greeted by two bubbly and very sleep deprived Australians eager for some tea, and a chance to call Mum. My first thought – there’s a Twilio app for that (or there will be soon)! Being in Continue Reading
Pitch any VC and you’ll find certain markets, uses cases, and other oddities that have left a bad taste in their month. No matter how interesting your product, or how much traction you have, they’re just not going to go there. This can be frustrating and make you feel like Continue Reading
About a month ago at an the NWEN event, I pitched a product idea for an adult content site offering a platform and community for mature streaming video content called StreamHer.com. It was partly just for the shock value of being a woman pitching a porn site, but it was Continue Reading
I just did the 5 minute “it’s okay to be an asshole” pass over these companies as I prep for LeWeb and get my blog coverage prepared, and here are my thoughts. Keep in mind that 5 minutes times 16 companies not chump change, and I’m sure I’ll be diving Continue Reading
I don’t know why, but I rarely write about my “past lives” professionally, even though I think about my experiences all the time and draw on them to help me make decisions. I remember, for example, hearing the term “SaaS” for the first time over four years ago when I Continue Reading
Ask anyone, I love to pitch. It’s exciting, you get immediate feedback, and an adrenaline rush – what’s not to love? Last night at NWEN‘s Entrepreneur Idol, I pitched an idea which my husband and I have been discussing over the past couple weeks: live streaming adult content, like Ustream Continue Reading
It’s been awhile since I did any writing or thinking about what I want out of location based app, but back when I worked on Whrrl as their community manager, this was on my mind all the time. After I left the company, I kept using the product for awhile Continue Reading
1 year ago (September 2008) I was working at Pelago and the Whrrl iPhone application had been launched for about 2 months. I was transitioning into a marketing and community management role from my previous job on the “data team” as a content monkey. 2 years ago (2007) I was Continue Reading
Just had an interesting exchange on Google Wave tonight, which makes me wonder what the future is for email: We built some cool stuff on Google Wave at Twilio: