Startup Tips: Getting to that first 10,000

June 12th, 2008 No Comments Vinnie

Welcome to Noah Kagan’s Okdork! I am really glad you found me. Don’t go just yet. If you’re killing time at work, enjoy marketing, online communities and other business things; then you are at the right place.

You should check out my Okdork Virgin Guide to get started.

If you like what you read why don’t [...]

How the Top Social Networks got started

May 21st, 2008 10 Comments Noah

It might be unknown to many but the majority of all social networks were started by a spamming of some sorts.
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MySpace used their ResponseBase email marketing list of 100 million+ people to send for first users.

Facebook spammed all the Harvard email lists to get the first 2,000 users in a day.

Hi5 used their [...]

The Silicon Valley Chess Tournament - Cerveza & Chess

April 18th, 2008 1 Comment Noah

Karen and I thought it would be fun to hold the Silicon Valley Chess Tournament to see which startup, venture capitalist and individual is the best in the Valley. The catch is that it’s on cinco de mayo so that means cerveza time.

what? The premier tournament for chess in Silicon Valley. Unlimited beer, prizes and [...]

Community Next: Next Generation Media

February 15th, 2008 4 Comments Noah

It’s that time of year again. After Karen reached out a few months backed and helped on the successful Community Next Platforms we are putting on Community Next Media.
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This is a cool event in Los Angeles that will talk about the next generation of the [...]

Come Party with me on Friday

October 3rd, 2007 10 Comments Noah

With the magical coordination of Andrew Chen, Johnny Lam & Karen Hartline the 3rd Community Next is this weekend. We are nearly sold out (3 tickets left) for the Friday developer day (most of top 100 Facebook developers attending + $5,000 iron code off) and Saturday with tons of great platform discussions to come.
I love [...]

Community Next Platforms…

August 20th, 2007 4 Comments Noah

Are you building a Facebook app just like everyone else? Are you curious what other platforms to build on? Do you like making things? Do you like winning $10,000?

If any of the above interests you then you should come to my next thing: Community Next Platforms
Who should come and why?
* If you are building, curious [...]