Archive for ‘ideas

Every now and then I’ll search Twitter for the name of my startup (“SideTour“) to see what is being said about our company. Today I took a look and found several tweets mentioning this posting on Freelancer.com. As I write this, the average bid price (among the 34 bidders!) is $5757. While I’m flattered the […]

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Take everything the startup world is known for (launching new ideas, embracing passion, knowing when to pivot), crush it down into one 24-hour period and you’ll start to have an understanding of what hackathons are all about. Not for the faint of heart, these coding marathons require the creativity to think of an idea, the […]

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Something to think about: often times the results we have from using a product will be dictated right from the very beginning of our experience. For example, look at Powerpoint. Much has been written about what is wrong with your average Powerpoint presentation, but we all already know the common problems. They have too much […]

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In the course of meeting with aspiring entrepreneurs and people with big ideas, I have come to hear the same thought shared over and over again: “If only I knew {something}.” Within the world of web start-ups, this is often programming. “If only I knew how to actually code, I could launch my business.” But […]

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Why Google App Inventor won’t create great Android apps, but why it’s still a good thing.

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Mark Webster

About Mark Webster

One of the Co-Founders of SideTour, former TechStar (NYC Summer 2011), ex-NBA'er, and past TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon Winner.