What I Learned Raising A Million Dollars For a Startup With No Business Plan and No Financial Projections (While Drinking a Beer)

For years now I’ve read startup and VC blogs just like many of you. I read a ton of posts about what my business plans should say or how to do financial projections. But in the end, that stuff was always painful for me. I’ve always been more of a doer than [...]

Sisyphus For Startups

Push the rock. If I had to sum up my advice to entrepreneurs in one sentence, that would be as good as any.
Backupify is my 17th business idea, if we define ideas not as flippant spur of the moment thoughts, but as something I seriously considered for more than a few weeks. [...]

Facebook Backup App in Beta

At Backupify we have launched a Facebook backup application that you can attach to your account. It comes with 1 Gb storage for free, and makes daily backups of your Facebook account. The app backs up pictures, notes, wall posts, friends, and more. The app is still in beta, but check it [...]

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