First of all, @Jun your blog & posts are rock on awesome and very relevant to my life right now as a bootstrapping entrepreneur! Keep it up. I know you’re doing a lot of stuff with @Untemplater and @viralogy, so it may be hard. But I really suggest you to either REPOST some of these posts back to @untemplater and also make BIG BOXES for them on the front page. I’ve been to your site many times and didn’t actually read it until now!

@Pretish

Your comments send chills down my spine, but peak my interest at the same time. Reminds me of a really good blog called “To Hell with personal branding” http://www.brazencareerist.com/2009/12/03/to-hell-with-personal-branding

I agree with you on the part that many entrepreneurs seem to just worry about blogging similar things over and over, and only a few really try to innovate.

I had similar thoughts & feelings that you have, as I really don’t like to play the “social currency” model and try to please everyone in order to sell my product when I need it.

But I find it’s like voting. People talk about how bad politics are, and then when you ask them if they vote, they say no, b/c it won’t make a difference. Similar thing with blogging, when you actually try blogging, try expressing your thoughts & feelings down, it’s different. Noticed you don’t have a blog, so I’d challenge you to try it out then see how it feels.

Also, I’m finding that there are two types of people in startups. talkers. doers. talkers talk, (obviously), but more than that, they need to talk alot of times. doers do, and they need to do. I think they compliment each other.

A good idea can die, with all the best doers, if no one cares to talk about it. the reverse can happen (and happens more easily, i agree) too.

anyways, my 2 cents.

cheers.
jon chui

I like it when you say: Staying alive trumps everything else.

It seems like it’s the new “thing” to do, right? Everyone and their mom has a blog. But to be honest, everyone has a Facebook, and soon everyone will have a Twitter. Blogs are unique in that you can truly own it for yourself. You own the domain, design, AND content. That’s why I feel a blog is the ultimate form of expression online.

2. Why does everyone comment on everyone else’s blog?

If you want to build relationships with bloggers, the best thing to do is comment. If you want people to notice your blog when it’s new, the best thing to do is comment. It’s about building awareness for yourself, but even more than that, it’s about making friends.

3. Bloggers are writing about topics that have been beaten to death

Yes, I really thing they are. Especially every blog out there that writes about social media marketing. Why do they keep doing it? It’s because they have readers. Sure, I can go to ProBlogger to find out about “blogging,” but my friend of UCLA might now know about ProBlogger. If I introduce my friend to my blog, then maybe he will choose mine over ProBlogger’s.

* Yes, we could have hired a “good” developer, but that would have cost us A LOT of money that we didn’t have. Hey, if you have some working capital, then by all means, hire a developer. I’m talking directly to the scrappy entrepreneurs who have a budget of $0 to get their company started. Plus, there are many upsides to having an inhouse developer who is a founder of the company.

We can chat more Sat