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Storenvy: Storenvy x Grooveshark Pinterest... →

We’re trying something a bit different with our regular giveaways — a Pinterest contest. Excited to see how it turns out. Also, these Grooveshark headphones are sweet. storenvy: Have you followed us on Pinterest yet?! If you haven’t let’s change that immediately! On top of a daily helping of our favorite Storenvy products we have just teamed up for a contest with everyone’s...

Apr 24th

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2 Days With the iPad

I recently stumbled upon this Tumblr draft post that I never published in April 2010 when the iPad was first released. It’s pretty interesting to compare my reaction then to the last 2 years of progress. Interesting detail: This post was written in a world where Steve Jobs was still in his prime as the CEO of Apple. Original Post - April 5th, 2010 After two days with the iPad, I’ve...

Apr 20th

Storenvy Store of the Day: Cherry Sauce Clothing

This is by far the best Storenvy Customization I’ve ever seen. Amazing work! storenvy: Cherry Sauce has really knocked one out of the park with their latest store customization. This is easily one of the most impressive store customizations we have seen. Bask in the awesomeness at cherrysauce.storenvy.com

Apr 11th

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Apr 8th

5by5 | Founders Talk #34: Jon Crawford / Storenvy →

I recently got a chance to sit down with Adam Stacoviak on the Founders Talk podcast to talk startup advice and some of the challenges we’ve faced at Storenvy.

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Sep 23rd

Founderly Interview: "Being a Founder is hard!"

I got a chance to chat with Matthew Wise from FounderLY about some of my experiences founding a company and the challenges founders face after they close a financing round. Hopefully some of the info is helpful. Part 1 Part 2

Jul 14th

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How I Got Kicked Out of Y Combinator and Then...

In 2008, I founded Storenvy, a social e-commerce platform that gives people free and easy online stores that look great. The unique thing about it is that it’s all built around community, and we combine all the stuff from the stores into one big social shopping marketplace for everything. Think of it as “Tumblr for e-commerce”. (We’re hiring!) In 2010, I got accepted and...

Feb 12th

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Tip: Preview Plaintext Emails in Mail.app

Here’s a quick tip. If your team sends out HTML emails, you probably know that it’s important to include an plain text version of the email as well for email clients and phones that don’t support HTML. But when testing emails before they go out, how do you preview the plaintext version of the email? It’s easy on a Mac using Mail.app. Just hit ⌘-Option-[ and ⌘-Option-] to...

Oct 20th

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[STUDY] Can iTunes Ping Take Down Facebook?

No.

Sep 6th

Frank Chimero: There is a Horse in the Apple Store →

I’ve been accused of finding humor in places that others don’t. Laughing at things that don’t immediately seem laughable. In light of that, I LOVed this short essay. It has a sort of John Hodgman on This American Life quality. Definitely worth a read. There is a horse in the Apple Store and no one sees it but me. I think, “Why?” What is the villain here that blinds all of...

Sep 5th

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Aug 28th

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Please vote for my SXSW panel!

I’ve submitted a panel idea for voting on the topic I know best — the future of e-commerce. I’ve attended SXSW 4 times, but this would be my first time speaking. Please take a second to log in and vote for my panel on the official South By Southwest Panel Picker here: http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/7998 Click here to vote now! The Future of E-Commerce (Spoiler Alert:...

Aug 17th

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An Exceptional Blog: Send extra data with your... →

Have you ever wanted to log the email addresses of users who trigger exceptions in your application? You can add whatever information you like using Exceptional.context - for example, you could include the following in a rails before_filter. Exceptional.context(:user_id => current_user.id, :email... I’d been asking for this feature from my friends over at Contrast for a while, and they...

Aug 12th

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Jul 20th

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Watch

Unanswered LOST questions.

May 30th

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What was your best startup moment thus far?

The night we launched. Definitely. I couldn’t go to sleep and it was my birthday the next day. I woke up in the middle of the night to check to see if anyone had signed up yet. Ask me anything

May 28th

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Is move to SF permanent? Didn't you just move to...

We’re moving to SF just for the summer (Jun - Aug). We’ll be back to Austin in September. I love Austin too much to leave it for good. Ask me anything

May 28th

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Is Troll2 a great bad movie or the greatest bad...

Greatest bad movie ever. Watch it for free on Hulu at http://www.hulu.com/watch/31381/troll-2 Ask me anything

May 28th

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Storenvy Presents: Hope For Haiti →

Over the past week, I’ve been working on a putting together a collection of limited edition t-shirts from our community on Storenvy designed around the theme “Hope for Haiti” to benefit the Red Cross. We’ve had some great designs submitted. The shirts will go on sale Monday or Tuesday for $14 each $8 with from every sale going to charity. You can vote now to help decide which designs get...

Jan 24th

Small Can Be Big

I’ve always wanted to make a fortune. One of the main reasons for this desire is so that I can help single mothers provide for their kids and give them a better life. Yesterday while watching a Hulu video, I saw a commercial for SmallCanBeBig.org. I fell in love with the idea. The site partners with charities to select specific families in need to feature on the site and allows visitors...

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New Canon EOS T1i

I got my first SLR camera this week. I’ve always wanted to be a good photographer, but never got around to investing in a decent camera. I’ve discovered 3 things so far: I have no idea how to use it. I really suck so far. (Probably a function of the first one.) I mostly take photos inside at night which means either a ton of flash or a lot of noise or blur. I think I need an...

Dec 20th

Moustache Me →

Mar 27th