Archive for: December, 2008

My Gmail was hacked and what to do next time…

December 31st, 2008 21 Comments Noah

Two nights ago while merrily enjoying some two buck chuck and responding to emails I got an email saying my personal server password reset happened. Strange. And then 5 minutes later I was kicked out of my gmail. Weird. I tried logging back in. Nothing. Fuck. Wtf is going on. Am I hacked? Youp. Shit! [...]

Why I threw away your Company Christmas Card

December 25th, 2008 14 Comments Noah

Recently I started receiving some holiday cards from companies we’ve worked with and I threw them away right after I opened them. Why you ask? Let’s do a multiple choice test: a) Cause I am Jew and don’t celebrate Christmas. b) You didn’t bother to write my name or anything personal to me / the [...]

Dailymile.com launches, go get healthy

December 19th, 2008 6 Comments Noah

I am back in the bay area for the holidays and loving the cold weather. Anyways, while I was in Austin I had the chance to meet Ben & Kelly of Dailymile.com who I met through a Eric Stephens of Mahalo and BeerMenus. We quickly became good friends and I’m proud to see them launch [...]

Congrats to DailyStrength and what we can learn

December 3rd, 2008 17 Comments Noah

My mentor Doug recently sold his company, DailyStrength to HSW. Things we can learn: 1- Outside the Valley. I don’t think many people realize how big the pharmaceutical market really is. So many valley companies are creating some social this or game that and neglect large opportunities of “unattractive/sexy” lucrative markets. 2- Exits. They are [...]

Startup Stories, Alyssa Rapp founder of Bottlenotes

December 1st, 2008 8 Comments Noah

If you want to meet a woman who can change the world, then Alyssa Rapp is definitely a top candidate. She has more energy than many women combined and it’s exciting to see her passion for whatever she touches. Okay, this was cheesy enough. I interviewed about her startup Bottlenotes where she talks about the [...]