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7 months into it April 19, 2008

Posted by sdpurtill in : Technology, Life , trackback

It’s been a long time since I sat down and wrote about what’s been going on. It’s been a little over 7 months since I joined YouNoodle and came to Silicon Valley.

In high school, I always had this picture of Silicon Valley — I thought of it as some magical playground for nerds and crazy libertarians. I heard a lot of different things about what goes on here, but my overall impression was that people were good to eachother and everyone was getting rich. Well, I think this is one of the few times that my first impressions were right.

I got my first taste of how the whole networking shindig works in July of 07 (a few months before moving out) at the Pownce Launch Party. I met a load of people that night that I run into all the time. All the cool kids hang out in this big crowd, and they’re super welcoming to new people. It’s like high school cliques except it’s one unified clique all trying to change the world and make tons of money. I’ve heard people say SV is a big rich family, it really is. It’s funny because I was at the YCombinator dinner for Startup School last night and I took a step back and realized how many people I’ve met in such a short period of time. (As a side note… I love the networking events where you wear name tags because people come up to you and look at your name tag and analyze whether or not it’s worth meeting you.)

I’ve gotten to know some pretty awesome people but I don’t feel like name dropping cause that’s already been done by Jason Calacanis. But I will say that all the WeGame guys rule.

Some of the highlights in the last two months:

Now that I look at it, I’ve done a ton of stuff in the last two months. Coming up in the next few weeks, I have a few things planned (though the majority of what I do is planned day-of)

One last thing! I’d like to say thanks to my grandparents for making so much possible these last few months, you guys are the best.

Comments»

1. dwigh smith - May 1, 2008

man you have come so far… its crazy!!
when ur at the top remember me dawg…hahaha
im proud i=of what you are doing, such euntrepenurship
keep it up
btw, ur right about facebook. its the easiest way for so many things. i think it has a stigma of being juvenile and a teenage thing because of its similarities to myspace. most adults dont know how organized and safe it is.
dude weve been trying to meet up for so long…. lets make it happen one of these days…
peace