Comments on: Starting out http://www.mindscapehq.com/staff/johndaniel/index.php/2009/01/starting-out-with-mindscape/ You tried your best and failed miserably. The lesson is: never try. Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:07:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: JD’s Blog » Blog Archive » Our business model http://www.mindscapehq.com/staff/johndaniel/index.php/2009/01/starting-out-with-mindscape/comment-page-1/#comment-37 JD’s Blog » Blog Archive » Our business model Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:25:15 +0000 http://www.mindscape.co.nz/staff/johndaniel/?p=1#comment-37 [...] briefly discussed the topic of this blog post in my first blog post. I want to discuss more directly the business model that we evolved with Mindscape as I think [...] [...] briefly discussed the topic of this blog post in my first blog post. I want to discuss more directly the business model that we evolved with Mindscape as I think [...]

]]> By: Braulio http://www.mindscapehq.com/staff/johndaniel/index.php/2009/01/starting-out-with-mindscape/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Braulio Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:41:05 +0000 http://www.mindscape.co.nz/staff/johndaniel/?p=1#comment-36 Dan, I think three interesting topics could be: - Some thumb rules to analyze when your idea is a good one or something that won't work. - How to promote your product / site whatever... - Guerrilla technics to get a good quality product with all the limitations of an startup company. Cheers Braulio Dan,

I think three interesting topics could be:

– Some thumb rules to analyze when your idea is a good one or something that won’t work.

– How to promote your product / site whatever…

– Guerrilla technics to get a good quality product with all the limitations of an startup company.

Cheers
Braulio

]]> By: Ruskin Dantra http://www.mindscapehq.com/staff/johndaniel/index.php/2009/01/starting-out-with-mindscape/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Ruskin Dantra Fri, 27 Mar 2009 03:03:32 +0000 http://www.mindscape.co.nz/staff/johndaniel/?p=1#comment-34 Hey Dan, I must say it's fascinating reading about how you came about your company. Not sure if you remember me but I used your product in my postgrad work. Unfortunately I went through a different path but thoroughly enjoyed the flexibility of your product. I was going to ask you on how you actually came about your product line...I mean...when you sat down for those beers, what was your thought cycle? What made you design Lightspeed and not something else? Would love to know... Cheers, Ruskin Hey Dan,
I must say it’s fascinating reading about how you came about your company. Not sure if you remember me but I used your product in my postgrad work. Unfortunately I went through a different path but thoroughly enjoyed the flexibility of your product.

I was going to ask you on how you actually came about your product line…I mean…when you sat down for those beers, what was your thought cycle? What made you design Lightspeed and not something else? Would love to know…

Cheers,
Ruskin

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]]> By: John-Daniel http://www.mindscapehq.com/staff/johndaniel/index.php/2009/01/starting-out-with-mindscape/comment-page-1/#comment-13 John-Daniel Tue, 24 Mar 2009 08:43:54 +0000 http://www.mindscape.co.nz/staff/johndaniel/?p=1#comment-13 @Tasos I aim to please :-) @Barry I likely won't simply chronicle our existence but take certain aspects and discuss them in more depth. Hopefully those discussion points though will elaborate on aspects of our story :-) @Denny There's a mix - I'm unattached with no children, Jeremy got married about 18 months after starting and Andrew was already married and now has a child (but also no longer works for Mindscape!). Perhaps I'll use this as the basis of a future blog post :-) Thanks for the comments! @Tasos I aim to please :-)

@Barry I likely won’t simply chronicle our existence but take certain aspects and discuss them in more depth. Hopefully those discussion points though will elaborate on aspects of our story :-)

@Denny There’s a mix – I’m unattached with no children, Jeremy got married about 18 months after starting and Andrew was already married and now has a child (but also no longer works for Mindscape!). Perhaps I’ll use this as the basis of a future blog post :-)

Thanks for the comments!

]]> By: Denny http://www.mindscapehq.com/staff/johndaniel/index.php/2009/01/starting-out-with-mindscape/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Denny Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:12:10 +0000 http://www.mindscape.co.nz/staff/johndaniel/?p=1#comment-12 Did any of you have a wife/kids? I feel a risk because of my family. I've been doing the after work, late nights, weekend deal lately with a few friends. However we're all very passionate and hard workers which, like you said, is great to feed off each other. Anyways, great post! Did any of you have a wife/kids? I feel a risk because of my family. I’ve been doing the after work, late nights, weekend deal lately with a few friends. However we’re all very passionate and hard workers which, like you said, is great to feed off each other. Anyways, great post!

]]> By: Barry Dahlberg http://www.mindscapehq.com/staff/johndaniel/index.php/2009/01/starting-out-with-mindscape/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Barry Dahlberg Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:10:47 +0000 http://www.mindscape.co.nz/staff/johndaniel/?p=1#comment-11 Must be time for part 2... Must be time for part 2…

]]> By: Tasos Yalanopoulos http://www.mindscapehq.com/staff/johndaniel/index.php/2009/01/starting-out-with-mindscape/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Tasos Yalanopoulos Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:20:35 +0000 http://www.mindscape.co.nz/staff/johndaniel/?p=1#comment-10 Very interesting first post, Im looking forward to seeing some follow ups focused on other decisions you faced on the business side of MindScape Very interesting first post, Im looking forward to seeing some follow ups focused on other decisions you faced on the business side of MindScape

]]> By: Braulio http://www.mindscapehq.com/staff/johndaniel/index.php/2009/01/starting-out-with-mindscape/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Braulio Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:03:48 +0000 http://www.mindscape.co.nz/staff/johndaniel/?p=1#comment-9 Excellent post !! We are all used to stupid stories of 15 year old guys being millionaires just by building stupid sites. You have been quite brave, inveting money and managing to live for consultancy meanwhile you built your own product. In my case, I just go for afternoon times building my product with a colleague (a db schema editor Silverlight base), ... at least having fun doing something my way, I'm tired of canibal consultancy :). Excellent post !!

We are all used to stupid stories of 15 year old guys being millionaires just by building stupid sites.

You have been quite brave, inveting money and managing to live for consultancy meanwhile you built your own product.

In my case, I just go for afternoon times building my product with a colleague (a db schema editor Silverlight base), … at least having fun doing something my way, I’m tired of canibal consultancy :) .

]]> By: Tim de Jardine http://www.mindscapehq.com/staff/johndaniel/index.php/2009/01/starting-out-with-mindscape/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Tim de Jardine Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:08:07 +0000 http://www.mindscape.co.nz/staff/johndaniel/?p=1#comment-7 Great post fella! Great post fella!

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