The top 7 Tech Doodles (and an announcement)
A retrospective
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There are about 125 Tech Doodles now and as we’re starting a new year, I was feeling left out, not having my own look-back.
So here are the top 7 Tech Doodles (10 got too long!) Scroll down to the bottom for the announcement.
6. #startuplife
I’m equity rich and hard cash poor
I sleep on an air mattress on the floor
It’s bootstrapping, grin and bear it
But on Facebook don’t share it
Fake it ’til you make it and never tell
That this #startuplife is kind of hell.
My mom calls to ask if I’m okay
I grin and tell her today is the day
We’ll get on the Apple App Store
(after all, they can’t say no any more)
This time it’ll be glory not rejection
we’ll be chart-topping, no dejection
Wait, here’s the email from our Apple Overlord…
#startuplife, it’s back to the drawing board.
I’m an entrepreneur don’t you know
Every moment of my day is on the go
The hustle and grind is never done
Until that IPO, I haven’t won
Our dev is tired, our marketer wants to quit
But I rally the team, take none of that shit
There’s code to write, and VCs to greet
#startuplife, ‘till we get that term sheet.
4. First, make stuff
I really do believe that results (not effort) provide reward. Make stuff. Build things. Make it happen. But make it happen by getting started now.
3. Where would you place your favorite app?
I Map Apps by How Often Used vs. How Good…
2. A guide to the 7 stages of entrepreneurship
Thank you for reading (or re-reading!) My announcement is this: I’m intending to do a self-published book of Tech Doodles! To make it feasible, I’ll be doing a Kickstarter so that I only publish as much as there is demand for… if you want in, fill this form out and I’ll contact you when the Kickstarter is live.
Thank you again! :D
