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I am happy to announce the launch of our young new tech startup. While not quite ready to report on our product, I can say that we’ve set up shop and are ready to go. So why this particular venture and why now?
 
Timing
It’s exciting times in the world of technology, where we’re at the cusp of seeing drastic, disruptive changes in the relationship between people and computing. One of my favorite VCs, Fred Wilson talks about now being a intersection of several megatrends. Being somebody passionate about technology, I simply couldn’t sit on the sidelines waiting for the next wave.
 
Personality
I’ll admit to the difficulty of a startups. Not only challenging on the business front, but also on the life front too. This recent post from a fellow entrepreneur on how Startups Are Hard really portrays these difficulties. Many of my classmates and friends are enjoying comfortable salaries and making babies. And yet here I am grinding it out. I admit, it’s part of who I am. As Steve Blank would attest, “founding CEOs have a certain set of personalities“, and they come from dysfunctional families.
 
Motivation
Thinking back on how I missed the Internet tidal wave in the late 90′s, I simply can’t pass on today’s opportunity and sit on the sidelines. This quote from Seth Godin’s Linchpin sums it all up:

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