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Description of my first year in San Francisco and in Startups

Created by hadiyahdotme on Aug 2, 2011

Last updated: 08/02/11 at 01:01 PM

• 1 year in Startup Valley
  Aug 5, 2011

  Not Bad!

• Picture.ly makes debut in Chicago
  Jul 22, 2011

  Picture.ly, our startup that was created at Startup Weekend has made its way to Chicago for techweek. Pretty excited about the debut.
  http://techcocktail.com/follow-major-conferences-and-events-through-twitter-photo-streaming-utility-picturely-2011-07#.TjhVg82KZNw

• I quit!
  May 12, 2011

  Having so much fun in startup land! Founded a networking community, and two web projects. I'm learning more than I have ever learned at work. Going to work seemed more of a distraction from my real "work." Decided it was time to quit. Gave my job notice, went to part-time, but due to contractual obligations will remain with my company until 8/31
  http://hadiyahdotme.wordpress.com/2011/05/13/you-can-take-this-job-and/

• Startup weekend SF
  May 6, 2011

  Attended startup weekend with the hopes of meeting more people and further developing my skills in Ruby. Met Bosco from Ruby meetup and decided to just stick with his team since he was a great Ruby developer. After many pivots our team created imaiku.me (picture.ly) and its mostly developed in javascript.
  http://hadiyahdotme.wordpress.com/2011/05/09/what-i-did-this-weekend/

• Urban Posse Released v.0
  May 1, 2011

  After 3 weeks, the group that I met at Railsbridge releases a web app called Urban Posse. The web app is designed to ease the room search. The site is still in development, but a basic functional site in released. Yeah, we know, the UI needs work.
  http://hadiyahdotme.wordpress.com/2011/04/24/in-the-honeymoon-stage/

• Railsbridge Rocks
  Apr 1, 2011

  Thanks to the Ruby meetup, I was able to take a Railsbridge class on Ruby. Railsbridge focuses on teaching programming to Women or other underserve communities. I met an awesome group of people at the class. So, awesome, we deicide to work on a web app together.
  http://tddivas.com/post/4666358793/one-week-in

• Black Founders First Meetup
  Mar 24, 2011

  We hosted our first meetup. Expectation was to have about max 10 entrepreneurs in the room. First event, we met over 20 black entrepreneurs looking to connect. After the first meetup, we've scaled to hosting two events per month, and plans to expand to additional cities.
  http://www.blackfounders.com

• The Plotting Begins
  Feb 20, 2011

  Through Chris, I met a few other brown people. He also shared his experiences with me since being in the valley. One Sunday night, Chris pulls together myself, Monique, and Nnena, with the purpose of starting a networking group for blacks in startups.

• Networking
  Jan 19, 2011

  Attended my first startup networking event. A little nervous, since I was only at the idea stage. Room was largely white male, found some females and was largely welcomed. In our female huddle, we shared some quick experiences, a quick pep talk, then broke to conquer the room. I also met 1 other brown person that night, Chris, who became my co-founder.

• Boys are rotten
  Dec 10, 2010

  Dumped boy. Wasted a couple of months. Geared up to refocus on learning about startups and launching a startup

• Sold Car
  Dec 6, 2010

  Finally sold car. Having a car in the city was a major headache.

• Met a Boy & Became Distracted
  Oct 8, 2010

  Met a boy on my 31st bday. Became distracted. Hence, no real progress over the next couple of months

• Stanford Dropout
  Oct 7, 2010

  Already a Stanford dropout. I will be a success. Full-time job and crazy commute proved to be too much for studies. Planning on re-enrolling in Jan 2011.

• First Day At Stanford
  Sep 28, 2010

  Decided it would be best to take a Grad CS course to sharpen my skills to prepare for launching a Startup

• San Franciscans Don't like Cars
  Sep 25, 2010

  Two weeks in San Francisco, received about $300 in parking tickets. Rethinking the whole car thing

• Moved to the City
  Sep 11, 2010

  Found a cute studio in the city. Afterthought: didn't realize it was such a long commute to my job in SouthBay

• First day at new company site
  Aug 9, 2010

  First day at new workplace

• The Big Move
  Aug 5, 2010

  After a requested company transfer, I arrived at corporate housing on August 5. Requested a company transfer to the bay to learn more about Startups.