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EP26: Amy Hoy sells her My Little Ponies
Product People
English - May 15, 2013 09:00 - 52 minutes - 24.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 57 ratingsBusiness News Tech News business marketing interview saas technology entrepreneur entrepreneurship startups development design Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: EP25: Hiten Shah “Make your idea a reality” (part 2)
Next Episode: EP27: Does Amy Hoy get scared? (part 2)
Amy Hoy gives a personal interview on her growing up in suburban Maryland, programming on an Apple IIc, selling her My Little Ponies to buy a Power Mac, and how she ended up building her first products.
Highlights
“I started programming when I was 7 year old. At home we had an Apple IIc, and I wrote some programs in BASIC on that.”“Programming books suck.”“I grew up in suburban Maryland. It was a wasteland: the only place to get coffee was at a gas station, or one of those sub shops that don’t have a name.”“Growing up, I didn’t have any business mentors. I was all alone. I learned from books.”“I was always hustling trying to get money. To buy my Power Mac I sold all of my My Little Ponies.”“My entire life, everyone told me I couldn’t do stuff.”“I dropped out of high school in 9th grade and started freelancing.”“Communicating and teaching are my #1 passions.”“To me it’s really interesting how people hear about people, and start following people” – Justin“Twistori ended up making us a lot of money.”“Working for this startup was like living in Dilbert, but with lots more money and parties.”“It took about 1-2 days a week, for 3 months to build Freckle.”“I remember hearing about the 30×500 formula, and thinking: ‘Whoa! That’s doable'” – Justin“We’re doing a 30×500 bootcamp on June 9-10. The cost will be $1,550.”Show notes
Amy Hoy Thomhas Fuchs Freckle The Daily Mac CBC Television (Venture) Kids on the Internet Basecamp Color Wars We feel fine Twistori Limewire Javascript Performance Rocks 30×500Premium Sponsors
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