Any advice on dealing with the stress of a startup?

FishTacos · 10 days

That's completly normal. The trick is to really just still try not to let yourself go. You still want to do some of the old 'fun' things, going to movies, french-toast-fridays, obstacle racing courses, bars.. whatever they are.

We've just hit our 1year mark & we all have premature greys growing everywhere — but if you ask anyone else they'll say we're doing great. It's all part of the game.

Keep your head up and you'll be ok :)

james-f · 11 days

Great story and glad it all worked out. Good luck with the app!

DorkRawk · 12 days

CakePHP, Django or even Codeigniter are all great frameworks to choose from. It's really up to you as to which you feel more comfortable in. One maybe the hip choice now, but if it takes you longer to get things done then it isn't the best choice for you and your startup.

Good luck!

returnmypantsplease · 25 days

Proposal sent, looking forward to the event.

vincebaskerville · 25 days

I'd love to get some feedback on this as well as the author of the article

spikebaylor · 26 days

In addition to these websites, I also list a few other tools/resources you may be interested in too for the UI Design: http://vincentjordan.com/2012/01/24-top-resources-for-user-experience-geeks/

UX Booth: http://www.uxbooth.com/
UX Design via Smashing Magazine: http://uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com/
Flow Interactive: http://www.thinkflowinteractive.com/
UX Magazine: http://uxmag.com/
Anders Ramsay Blog: http://www.andersramsay.com/
LUXr Blog: http://luxr.co/blog/

vincebaskerville · 1 month

Thank you for reading my post, and although I value your opinion I think you may have the wrong idea — or at least we disagree on the thought of community.

I'm where I am today from reading various peoples blogs, articles, snippets and so-forth and so I think it's part of the natural progression to share our experiences. If you disagree with certain points, or my whole article, I'd love to learn from it as I won't ever stop learning.

GuruCam · 3 months

Thanks! We're definitely playing around with tweaks for the pricing chart & as for a free version, we are planning on launching one. Our goal right now though is to get on other platforms and then get our free 'world' release out.

Thanks again for checking us out though :)

vincebaskerville · 3 months

No problem, really glad you enjoyed the article :)

vincebaskerville · 3 months

Thanks & I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

If you don't have any experience at all, I would definitely recommend that you at-least look into the languages of the web. They could easily transfer into iOS dev via Appcelerator or PhoneGap.

However, you could also use Adobes' products like Flash, Air and Flex. However, you would still need to know ActionScript (which is similar to JavaScript).

But there are a plethora of hackathon and startup weekend type events, where you could potentially partner up with another dev & attack an idea together.

I hope this helps & good luck!!

vincebaskerville · 3 months

Thanks, and I'm glad you enjoyed the article! As for your situation, that is tough. Many people find themselves in the chicken & egg debacle; however, with you already being a developer it sometimes is an easier sell to others because you'll share the weight.

I don't know your idea, nor how complex it is, but I still would highly recommend that while you're working on it to still try and get 1 or 2 other co-founders to back you. Either another developer to help with the complex dev work, or/and a business/marketing person to help with all the actual work of creating a company.

It's tough to find quality trust worthy people (who aren't already busy i might add).. but it shouldn't be avoided.

Just my two-cents. I wish you all the best! =)

vincebaskerville · 4 months

This took a while for me to learn this personally... & it's honestly still a battle — however, It's so much more awesome being with a powerful team!

vincebaskerville · 5 months

thanks for the comment [but not the thumbs down :( ] ... but if you have an iPhone, I encourage you to grab one of our free versions and have a play & let me know if you still feel the same.

We were very meticulous about the process & believe the mobile app to be pretty innovative & really easy to use.

Thanks again for checking out the article though.

GuruCam · 7 months

Our awesome startup is TripLingo: http://TripLingo.com - it's an awesome language learning software that is simply just awesome.

We're currently only on the iPhone, however we're feverishly working hard to get onto other mobile platforms & the web next!

vincebaskerville · 11 months

this is an awesome startup i'm co.founding!! sign up to get notified when we launch & enter to win $1,000 roundtrip ticket to anywhere you choose!

vincebaskerville · 2 years

I agree completely! That was one of my issues with the authors writing style. I felt that he preached how morally important it is to 'genuinely nice' and more-or-less hold your tongue, but he failed to equally or partially explain the unfortunate side-effect of reality; like you said passive people don't get noticed as much..

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