Jason Bailey on Startups, CPA, and Recent Controversy

Tyson Miller — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:09:21 +0000

Jason Bailey, CEO and Co-Founder of KITN Media and SuperRewards speaking at VEF Momentum’s Bootstrapping to Success event on November 10, 2009 at Nuba Restaurant in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Using his own finances, Jason co-founded SuperRewards with two fellow entrepreneurs with the premise of monetizing virtual currencies. Almost immediately the service took off generating millions in revenues. It was acquired by AdKnowledge shortly thereafter for amount rumored in the tens of millions.

Jason shares his lessons and experiences on bootstrapping a start-up company with a killer business model and what young entrepreneurs can do to replicate SuperRewards meteoric rise to the top.

He also addresses the controversy surrounding his business that has been recently surfaced by Michael Arrington of TechCrunch.

VEF Momentum was founded under the Vancouver Enterprise Forum with the purpose of connecting, inspiring and mentoring aspiring and emerging technology entrepreneurs

The Real World?

Na'im Merchant — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 06:53:47 +0000

David Heinemeier Hanson of 37Signals quashes conventional start-up wisdom with excellent precision (and entertainment value) as always. Some major themes from his talk (more like rant) at FOWA Dublin 2009:

Listen, but don’t always say yes!
Start-ups are a cop-out. Don’t start a “start-up”, start a business!
Don’t worry about the big idea. Focus on execution and perseverance.
Forget business plans. Time is better spent doing than writing.

Watch his speech here. Reality checks like these don’t come along often enough. Enjoy!