Ramine Darabiha is a French entrepreneur, gamer and blogger, the founder and CEO of MySites.com, and an expert in cloud computing. His past experience is in large-scale gaming communities, and recently mentored the Summer of Startups and Garage48 programs. He also blogs regularly about the Finnish startup scene.
The many hackathons such as GameJam or Garage48 have shown that it is possible to create a viable game or Web service in 48 hours. In addition, channels such as Applifier, Appsumo or the Humble Indie Bundle have made it easy to reach large groups of users. There is a growing amount of microfunding…
Aim Low Startups are all about delivering a simple product to a niche that needs it. Garage48 is nothing different, but there's only so much you can do in 48 hours. Aim low. Focus on technology you know. Some teams have problems compiling the tools they needed, so don't plan too many features. It's…
On Quora, quality means more readable answers from insightful people. It might make sense to limit the amount of answers one can post in a day. Voting is another thing to consider.What was once a quiet forum has been disrupted, for better or worse as power users such as Louis Gray (and the other…
There are probably 10 events equivalent or larger than Le Web throughout the year, as well as smaller events every day. We regularly ran into Robert Scoble and other major blogs, and they were very keen on listening to us. Local event organizers were even eager to help make a Finnish Angry Birds…
Be contagious Early startups are exciting and inspiring. Most people seem eager to help these young founders. Experienced entrepreneurs want to tell their war stories and help avoid hardships, friends and colleagues want to add their 2 cents. People are happy to share your victories and to support…
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