Archive for March 29th, 2007
Have Friends You Can Rely On
Thursday, March 29th, 2007
Some days just feel like a wild ride in a rodeo! Without the gloves!
Sure, Scrapblog had been TechCrunched before, but not like this: The Real Scrapblog is Here … Finally. Previously, either we were still open with the first version, or we had put on the “bubble wrap” as we prepared for launch.
Except, of course, we haven’t launched yet!
We had been handing out a preview URL (www.scrapblog.com/preview) to friends and previous users of Scrapblog, to help us kick the tires, adjust the mirrors and rev up the engine before we got on the highway.
Despite our plans, it didn’t quite work out that way and once TechCrunch posted URL, bloggers picked it up and word started to get out.
Thankfully, our advisors, including Shel, David and Tara, and our peers, including Jeremiah, Hyku, Douglas Karr, and Ryan Stewart pitched in with their respective megaphones to point out that we’re still tidying up around here 
And lost in the excitement was a bit of heroism by our developers, who had already been pushed to the max. As Tara and Ryan
describe, Omar and his team stepped up to the plate to collaborate with
Adobe’s Apollo team, who wanted to demo a kick-ass application. Since
Scrapblog is built in Flex, Omar downloaded the Apollo SDK and stitched
together a demoable application for the platform. With a bit more work,
we can be ready for Apollo, which is “totally” cool for a whole bunch
of reasons I won’t go into. As a bonus, it runs on the laptop as well,
so now we can demo Scrapblog without being connected to the “innernets”
Anyway, having advisors, mentors and peers to count on is critical for a startup. But so is having a great bunch of friends, from a great local community. And RefreshMiami was there for us through this, with Brian, Kim, Jason and others pitching in with comments today.
Looking at it from 30,000 feet, though, RefreshMiami counts even more for us. It has been a focal point of inspiration, learning and fraternizing, as we help each other grow the web in Miami. The web 2.0 and the web of friendships.
Remind you of a Beatles song?
Technorati Tags: scrapblog, techcrunch, david parmet, shel israel, tara hunt, jeremiah owyang, hyku, douglas karr, ryan stewart
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