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A New Rocket(r) is Fast Approaching Launch
- duiker101 14y agoIt is fascinating how even the most value startups, behind the scenes are actually having a lot of problems...good luck with your new launch.
- heatherpayne 14y agoReally appreciate the honesty in this post. Looking forward to seeing the new Rocketr!
- travisjeffery 14y agoThanks for the submission! I'm an engineer at Rocketr and our talented team is very excited to get shipping!
- f0untain 14y agoStatement 1: "Rocketr is a collaborative notetaking tool" Statement 2: "this startup thing ain’t for the faint of heart" Author is saying: "Making collaborative notetaking tool (and selling it) is not for the faint of heart" It makes be depressed by this kind of blogs. People are assuming life to be full of comfort if they are not working on startups. Try 9 to 5. It also seems that the younger generation's threshold for pain is way lower. Somehow I don't think people who agree with the blog will ever attempt to goto the moon or build a bridge or build a dam or even do a marathon.
- Kilimanjaro 14y agoTotally unrelated but I like the little rocket logo, maybe it is the curved flame or who knows, it is just too cool.
- technotony 14y agoIt's post's like this, knowing others are going through the tough emotional cycles, that inspires and helps all of us. Yes building a company is still really f*cking hard!!
- dredmorbius 14y agoWeb design readability fail for grey text on white background.
- chrisdinn 14y agoSigning a $50,000 contract when you don't have the money to pay for it sure is gambling alright, but it's gambling with someone else's time, money and livelihood. I sure hope the vendor was in on the risk. There's a lesson in this for all you contractors out there. Take money up front (I used to expect 50% for small projects, but less for larger ones.) Don't assume your client necessarily has the money to pay once you've completed the job.
- drupeek 14y agoYup. I just left a comment on the blog about this. There's a little more context there that is probably relevant to this story. In short, the bet wasn't made quite so belligerently. It just so happened that unexpected circumstances made the situation a little more dire than we anticipated when we signed it.
- gaius 14y agoDear web 2.0 hipsters: there are guys like Elon Musk and John Carmack actually launching rockets. This is nothing to do with that. It's just a silly little website with a toy iPhone app. Please try to pick some halfway meaningful names. I'm looking at you too, Urban Airship.
- napillo 14y agoPlease do. I saw the photo of a control room and thought there was some kind of actual rocket engine being tested or something, then I finally got to the "iphone app launched" line.
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- perfunctory 14y ago> It was a $50,000 contract and I didn’t have the money when I signed it. I hate these people.
- drupeek 14y agoIf you knew me, you would know that there is no way I would not show up with the money in hand under any circumstance. You hate the people who don't pay. And I don't blame you. That being said, you probably don't care whether they sold lemonade to get it.