Start-Up Junkies

I enjoyed watching Start-up Junkies. I'm positive that both the old-school business vets as well as the up-and-coming newbies will find this series encouraging and fun. Enjoy!

I liked how this broke down the problems of a new company. They even went about talking about bigger problems that kept showing up. I think this style of show needs to be on more. I hope mojo does more on this series. It gives a look into a way of life that most people don't see.As a restraunt manager I can relate to most of the problems, on a smaller scale. Also makes me want to go make a start up.

I loved the show! It was great. Its awesome that Mojo decided to do a show about a start up and I hope they continue the series and/or do more shows in the same vein as this. As a person who's interested in startups and as avid consumer of TV(or Hulu) shows this is a great inside look; both entertaining and informative.
Although I dont know how accurate it is to real life, having worked in a very small company and having to wear a lot of hats and filling in positions that were never in the job description, i can relate and sympathize with their troubles.As far as the company goes, I immediately dismissed the idea, I was indifferent to it, until i kept watching and realized that it was actually pretty unique and one that I would've never thought of myself. Given that their only competition (kinda) is USPS, and with billions of mail being sent, there a lot of profit to be made and a great service to be offered.
Kudos Ron and gang. Good luck in your adVentures.

I died laughing when they said they were switching to .NET so they can scale. Usually companies don't move from OSS to .NET on a whim. hmmmmmI wanted to go work for them just so I could solve their software problems. They need some seriously talented engineers for a project like that. I doubt they could afford them though. What a shame...

I liked the idea. It is not just the idea, it is the confidence and the effort put up by everyone that made the company pretty big. I am really impressed by the capabilities of Ron in raising money and everyone else in executing the business. Particularly paul and his geek squad should be applauded. Paul does seem like a big team player, accepting the failures and sharing the success. I would work for a company like this.

Ron is so typical of these start-up junkies that cause everyone around them to suffer. Their employees give up valuable years of their life and IF the company makes money, only the fat get fatter. There is absolutely no compensation for the loss of sleep and family life that these gold-digging CEOs call for from their naive and hopeful employees. Ron and his mind games will end up exactly where they belong.

As a partnership based Entreprenuer I must say watching the give and take of the Angel, VC, A, B, & C rounds (or series) of investing and the human tricks one must perform to excel at each one was quite informative and entertaining. This show speaks to the Masaai Warrior in us all: 'hunt lion with spear - feed carcass to children. Repeat.'Taking one step back, I think to myself: "Hmmm, this is the greatness of America." We can give ourselves permission to dream and then find a few other cloud-jumpers to join us in our flights of fancy. Future in Review 2008 in San Diego is an indication that American dreamers are intent on changing the world for better."The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of the their dreams." - Eleanor Roosevelt