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Re: So You Want to Accept Credit Cards Online?

Cory Armbrecht — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 10:51:35 -0000

Client side, yes, you can bypass it, because the user has control of what's in their browser. Server side, again which can be js, no. Ultimately, everything should be validated server side. I try to validate on both sides.

Re: So You Want to Accept Credit Cards Online?

Cory Armbrecht — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 12:51:59 -0000

Technically, JS is also server side, and can handle validation well.

Re: jQuery SelectBox plugin

Cory Armbrecht — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:37:38 -0000

This was extremely easy to use, and works well. Thanks for sharing!

Re: How Couchbase helped OMGPOP break all the records with Draw Something

Cory Armbrecht — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 16:20:20 -0000

I'm coming from mongo, and I've been seeing some reports that have led me to search for other options for certain projects such as this awesome example. After further research, this sounds like an awesome solution. I work with Node, and right now it seems that node-memcached is the only way to go. Having never used memcached, although it's drop-in, are there important features I would miss out on?

Re: Starting the Light Field Revolution

Cory Armbrecht — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 21:31:12 -0000

There is a new form of art that I've been working on that needs these to work! (I'd need two for stereoscopic). If I get on the reserve list, can I PLEASE get two? It would make for one heck of a marketing piece! Speaking of which, let me know when you guys are ready to do commercial work.

Make the camera, but license the technology to other camera companies and you guys will own the new photographic world!
Also, being in post production, for the love of god PARTNER WITH RED!! ;]

Thank you for taking (and creating) the next step that everyone has been hoping and waiting for.

Re: Sad Observations from a Boston Angel Dinner

Cory Armbrecht — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 18:05:43 -0000

If only everyone had your attitude! :/

Re: Talk about plug-in development using the Maya API at Pixel 5, Vienna, Austria | News | My Website

Cory Armbrecht — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 17:04:39 -0000

Have someone tape it so the rest of us who can't go can watch! :)

Re: The Case Against Tattoos | The Atlantic Wire

Cory Armbrecht — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:57:34 -0000

Wow, this is unbelievable. Time to go comment on Labash's article. Incredibly one-sided. Would graffiti look good on the Parthenon? Probably not, unless it was a skilled graffiti artist. But I bet it would look amazing with a mural! I would say the majority of tattoos in today's younger generation are more akin to murals than graffiti.

Re: Conan's new stage looks like Super Mario

Cory Armbrecht — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:41:37 -0000

I was kinda thinking the same thing... but I never woulda' taken the time to do THIS! hahaha This is awesome!

Re: Three Reasons to be Optimistic About Entrepreneurship in New England

Cory Armbrecht — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:21:59 -0000

I know Upstate NY isn't really part of New England, but I feel that there are many entrepreneurs that have some amazing ideas up here, who want to get funded, but STAY HERE. (Silicon Valley envy isn't so bad up here.) Personally, if I had to move to Boston (or wherever the VCs are really) to get funding and get the venture off the ground, I wouldn't think twice! I agree that those efforts, TechStars etc, are going to really help bring in more activity in the startup scene for sure.

Sure VCs look to NYC and Silicon Valley and many other places for fresh new companies, but there are SO MANY fresh new companies looking to get their chance on the east coast as well. They just need to be found, and when they are, they will bring more eyes to this side of the nation. If they get funded and move out west, big deal, they still came from here, and got their funding from here! Entrepreneurs need to know that they're not screwed if they live anywhere but Silicon Valley.

-I do know this, and I know that it's growing in many ways, and that makes me greatly optimistic about being an entrepreneur in this region.

Re: Grumpy Old VCs

Cory Armbrecht — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:13:09 -0000

While the grumpy old VCs are going out, I feel that I've seen more younger VCs stepping to the plate, which is definitely fine with me! If an entrepreneur gets scared off by this, how does anyone expect them to make it in the first place? I understand that times are tough in the VC world (and everywhere else), but that doesn't mean that I'm not going to try my heart out to accomplish my goals. Sure, it's frustrating to hear- specially when people say "Good luck pitching for the next two years, you'll never get anywhere!". I straight up ignore these people, because they are not the ones who succeed, because they never try in the first place.

I'm looking for VCs who are younger (though wise), that can see ahead clearly, and that aren't jaded and overly pessimistic like the old grumps. I need a good fit, and I doubt it's with them. Hopefully the young VCs turn the VC market upside down! <- in a good way. :)

Re: Rob Go's Tumblelog - When we met Bijan Sabet at Spark, I remember...

Cory Armbrecht — Wed, 27 May 2009 11:30:41 -0000

Haha! What's wrong with a nice VC?

Re: Start-up Cost Projections For First Time Entrepreneurs

Cory Armbrecht — Tue, 26 May 2009 03:50:05 -0000

My co-founder and I have always been confused how to show future growth. How do you make a hockey stick figure without making a hockey stick figure? :) I love your approach, "don't bluff". But I also feel that by saying "This is what I know, but this is what I don't know" will also make us look not ready, or not enough experience, etc. We got a couple early stage VCs we're looking at in the Boston and NYC area, and I'm worried (but supportive) about taking this approach. I believe honesty is the best approach, just proceed with caution I guess?

Re: Rob Go's Tumblelog - The soundtrack from this clip was the theme song...

Cory Armbrecht — Mon, 11 May 2009 13:49:48 -0000

Did it involve those weapons too?

Re: Rob Go's Tumblelog - Confessions of an Entrepreneur's Wife

Cory Armbrecht — Fri, 08 May 2009 12:19:03 -0000

Wow. This makes me look at my future very closely. Those are some huge risks. I was expecting a divorce story at the end, but it wasn't! I think in the end though, taking those risks is really what defines an entrepreneur. If you don't take risks, how will you advance?
Great story.

Re: When a VC turns you down

Cory Armbrecht — Mon, 04 May 2009 16:31:02 -0000

I would never (ever) attack a VC personally. Frankly it's a stupid idea, especially if they're networked with other VCs that you're going to present to, and now you've blown your chance to try again. Also it just shows a seriously huge lack of character.

But I can see why some might.

The reason being is immediacy. It's tough to get turned down when you know each time you do, you're prolonging when you're going to get your company on its feet (or really take off). The other side, in my case, is that the longer that you're trying to get someone to hear you out and see your potential, the longer someone else has to do the same thing, or at least along the same lines. It's very frustrating to be sitting on the sidelines with an idea and see other companies pass you by. Luckily that hasn't happened yet in my case, but I would like to be first to market, and the longer I search for funding, the lower my chances are of doing that.

Re: Maximum PC

Cory Armbrecht — Sun, 03 May 2009 23:34:53 -0000

Awesome! Congrats, that's a huge accomplishment!

Re: Rob Go's Tumblelog - Going home for the first time requires a hat with...

Cory Armbrecht — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:32:15 -0000

Congrats! Now you gotta' update your About Me section haha

Re: Does The Concept of Addressable Market Matter?

Cory Armbrecht — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:07:10 -0000

My startup is based upon a "market that is about to emerge", I'll just shoot straight and say that we're not positive on how to do projections for certain things and how big the market really is... at least to put on paper. Would you suggest that just getting the VC to understand the yet to emerge market on their own, and forgo slides that could lose them? Because I believe that I can do that.

Re: Does The Concept of Addressable Market Matter?

Cory Armbrecht — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:07:10 -0000

Re: Do VC's Guess The Exit At The Beginning?

Cory Armbrecht — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:41:21 -0000

You said that even your firm used to do these models. John had a good point about how it helps to break down the investment to ask important questions that may come up. So even though you're dealing with seed-stage, pre-profit companies, have you (specifically) done away with these exit forecasting models? Or is there something else that replaces them now?

Re: Do VC’s Guess The Exit At The Beginning?

Cory Armbrecht — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:41:21 -0000

Re: Ask the VC Live - University of Michigan

Cory Armbrecht — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:09:41 -0000

Then definitely worth the drive. I believe that you have to take risks to get off the ground sometimes. Would you consider pitching to VCs with similar companies in their portfolio a risk? I have a somewhat similarity to a company on The Foundry Group's portfolio.

Re: Ask the VC Live - University of Michigan

Cory Armbrecht — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:24:37 -0000

Sounds worth the drive to me! Will it be similar to the VC Crash Course in CO? Or is the 3pm to 5pm slot when you're going to be in the conference room?

Re: What Do Venture Capitalists Think About Young Entrepreneurs?

Cory Armbrecht — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:32:45 -0000

I recently asked a question that relates to this...

"And certainly with our fund, we wouldn't hesitate to fund a first-time entrepreneur with a great idea."

Do they need more than an idea? What if they have a plan and roadmap laid out, and a new transformative idea, but not necessarily a beta? In my case the site would be outsourced to a company. Are ideas, and obviously the person themselves, enough to go on for the investment?