[LRUG] Startup Timeline

[Matthew Rudy Jacobs]

This is not really about Ruby.

So, I'll give you one data point,
and it was my first end-to-end startup experience.
And in retrospect there were a lot of things we did wrong

   - launching too late
   - quitting too soon


The project was entirely Ruby and Rails, with custom bits of jQuery to
stitch the interaction together.

(if I did it again, I'd do it in Ember)

Importantly they already had enough cash on hand to run for a year
(otherwise they couldn't have afforded me)

Refer.me: (March - November 2012)

   - month 0: ideation - 0 devs (just the client)
   - month 1: prototypes and rapid concept iteration - 1 dev (me)
   - months 2 & 3: build out a working product - 1 dev (me)
   - months 4: make it pretty and soft-launch - 2 devs (me + f/e dev) + 1
   designer
   - months 5 & 6: make it more robust - 4 devs (me + f/e + 2 ruby devs) +
   1 designer
   - month 7: present at TC Disrupt and respond to feedback - 4 devs + 1
   designer
   - month 8: pivot



On 3 March 2014 12:10, MG Lim <mirageglobe at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I am curious about how things for how ideas move on.... -> panning out to
> projects -> gathering a team and finally to funding rounds?
>
> More of a general discussion; but what have your experiences been; if you
> have been in that path or part of that path? "I wish I had done that in the
> beginning" moments..
>
> Marketing hells? Traction problems and in reality, the project took a good
> 3~5 years before media reported it as an overnight success.
>
>
> PS: particularly with ruby-based frameworks / meteor styled frameworks;
> prototypes are quick to be churned out.
>
>
>
> cheers
> --
> Jimmy MG Lim
>
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