The document discusses the challenges and experiences of turning a side project, Convore, into a startup. It highlights issues such as team disagreements, marketing challenges, and potential failures along the way. The narrative also references various software tools and external resources related to the startup journey.

1. Passion → Startup
Leah Culver
Convore
Re:build 2011

2. convore.com/rebuild-2011

3. software hobbyist

4. school

5. jimmy ball

11. teddy bear remote control

12. Kevin Rose
Daniel Burka

13. you can do it

15. doing what I love

16. t-shirts

17. users

18. acqhired

19. interlude

20. work

21. Django Dash
Rails Rumble

22. idea

23. desktop → web
google non-core product

24. minimum viable
product

25. * join a channel
* send and receive messages
* see who is online

26. * rearrange the channel order
* someone mentions your
name
* send a private message

27. sketch

28. research

29. divide up work

30. go!

31. polish + fix bugs

32. (Demo)

33. side project → startup

34. not so
easy

35. catalys
t

36. Eric Florenzano
chat + forums

37. Y Combinator

38. releases of improvement crash of ineptitude

39. pitfalls

40. run out of money

41. team

42. disagree on vision

43. marketing + competition

44. bad timing

45. convore
trough of
sorrow

46. pivot
core use
case

47. thanks!

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