My name is Max, I'm a cofounder at Kera, and we're from Toronto. We started Kera to teach the world how to use software.
Cameron (one of my cofounders) and I are coming to SF the week after next (Oct 22-26) so we can make new friends and learn how companies like yours are educating and onboarding new users. We're also looking for advice about building our startup. If you're doing something interesting, have an awesome company culture, or just like hanging with Canadians, we'd love to meet you.
Any referrals or introductions are more than welcome.
You can find out more about Kera here (http://kera.io), and we can be found at @maxcameron & @camwest on twitter.
Thanks in advance,
Max
edit: my email is max@kera.io
That someone can post this on HN and get a bunch of invites back.
Does doing something like this scale? What if everybody just decided to post "hey I'm coming to SF is there a place for me to crash" or "hey I'm coming to NYC anyone want to have coffee?" or "I have a problem writing perl..."
Since there are companies that you are trying to reach, and you must have some idea of the type of company you want to reach, why not put some effort into doing something other than the obvious easiest thing which is to post an "Ask HN" and see who bites?
(For the record I wouldn't feel the same way if a top commenter who spends much time on HN made a similar request because at least they have put time and effort into HN (and I don't consider my karma as anywhere near that point for the record.)
Also, this is yet one community. You have no idea who all else this guy knows and by meeting with whoever responds here, they will gain from it.
I'd like to point you to a Reid Hoffman article which discusses the power of connecting with people from various networks:
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/01/24/reid-hoffman-linkedin... (special attention to the bit on "The diversity of weak ties"
The fact that he's not a top commenter is even more inspiring. It shows that if someone has a good concept, takes initiative and quells any fear that "oh I'm not a big guy/girl on HN,I can't be that audacious" - well that person will get results.
Reminds me of Geothe's timeless words, "...boldness has genius, power and magic in it".
“My dear lady, it took me 30 years to do that.”
We're based in San Francisco but founded by two Canadians.
Drop by anyways :)
Hey Brian!
Thank you so much. I hear Rocketspace has some wicked things going on.
I'll email you!
For us non-technical folk, you might wish to add a section to your how-to explaining how Kera.io would interact with proprietary data; for example, if our app happens to be financial, would you be able to see any of it? Or is the script hosted on our end?
(This may be obvious to a dev, but not to me, and therefore caused me to send this to our devs to ask)
Edit: I'll update the FAQ
hany@ribbon.co
Happy to have you guys visit, and we'd love to talk about using the product too.
We're in SOMA. stefano ]a-t[ betable.com
Max
The short answer is: yes.
Feel free to check out http://verold.com, http://ptable.com, and http://happytables.com to see Kera in production.
We also have some really cool case studies in the works with more "high profile" startups in Toronto. That being said, we're still a very early-stage company.
Max
What are you working on these days?
Max
