Notes From The Startup Wilderness Discovery Engines Big Data Mining Social Commerce And Other Trends In Todays Startups

Download or read book Notes from the Startup Wilderness: Discovery Engines, Big Data Mining, Social Commerce, and Other Trends in Today's Startups written by Semil Shah and published by Hyperink Inc. This book was released on 2012-07-25 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many years ago, after graduating college, I came home before moving to NYC, wondering how I would scrounge together the money for the first month’s rent and security deposit so my friends and I could all live together in the Big Apple. I had one month to get the cash, and instead of going out for traditional, hourly-wage work, I decided to go through all of my old stuff and throw it on eBay. In those days, I got online through dial-up, would have to mail a hard copy of the pictures to interested buyers, and would ship items to auction winners only when their check arrived by mail and cleared into my bank account. In one month, I got rid of winter jackets, sports equipment, and baseball cards to the tune of $7,000, tax free, enough to buffer the move to NYC.