I usually don’t like to debate issues of gender or race, but the with the tech community buzzing about the dearth of women entrepreneurs and women in tech I decided it was time to throw in my two cents, after all I am a femgineer. I think the community overall is conflating two issues into one: [ READ MORE ]
When I was 16 I asked my dad for a car because thats what 16 year-olds do in America, and because even though I went to a public high school everyone and their mom drove a BMW or a Bentley. My dad put the kibosh on my dreams of being a teenage driver. To him [ READ MORE ]
I’ve heard a lot of horror stories regarding Rails development and how it has trouble scaling, my verdict is still out. I also think code can be written inefficiently in any language (I’m certainly guilty of writing SQL queries that pull in too many records).
I really enjoy developing in Rails. I think Ruby is a [ READ MORE ]
Dave McClure’s recent post on investing before product/market fit inspired me to address a few observations I’ve made as an entrepreneur when pitching to investors (angels and VCs), crafting my product proposal, and explaining the vision of my current startup.
Risk and Rejection
As a first time entrepreneur I understand that I’m seen as a huge risk, [ READ MORE ]