Dec 15 2008
TechCrunch on Philly Startup DuckDuckGo.com = more Philly Startup Love
As a Philadelphia based company, LTLprints is thrilled when other startups in our area have success. This past Friday, DuckDuckGo.com, a new company focused on making it easier to find the stuff you are searching for online, was featured on TechCrunch. TechCrunch, for those of you who don’t live in our startup tech world, is a technology behemoth blog with millions of readers and companies mentioned there usually get a massive spike in traffic, affectionately known as “being TechCrunched.”
I first met Gabriel Weinberg, the founder of DuckDuckGo, at BarCampPhilly a few weeks ago (we made LTLprints for bcp08). I was also able to catch his fishbowl presentation at Philadelphia’s FounderFactory (we printed the name badges and signs for FF08).
Kudos also to Gabriel for diving into the mob over at TechCrunch. I’ve found that the people who sit on the sidelines love to throw darts and they have little understanding of the difficulty that goes into bringing a company from the whiteboard to fruition. You can tell that he’s passionate about his project and that goes very far with us. I’d love to see more founders take such a transparent role in building their company.
So take a moment to watch this video, then follow Gabriel’s twitter stream @yegg and @duckduckgo. Then come back and leave us a comment on what you think about DuckDuckGo and on Gabriel’s Philly startup passion.
Rock on Philly - something good is brewing here.
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December 15th, 2008 at 10:35 am
@schoenrock, thanks for the write-up! In the past year and a half, the Philly startup scene has really coalesced into a vibrant community and it is quite exciting. Here’s one of my contributions (hackathon group–meets monthly): http://startups.philadelphia.groupomatic.com/.
On another note, we’re in the middle of re-decorating a room for our first child, and LTLPrint ideas are in the mix. They looked so awesome at BarCampPhilly & FounderFactory–I’m sold.
December 16th, 2008 at 1:05 am
Hey @yegg! Yeah, thanks for the comment and for starting the hackathon. Very cool.
I’d be happy to help you create the perfect wall graphics for your kid’s room. Checkout this video I did for ParentTalkToday.com for ideas.
Be well.
-Kendall
June 4th, 2009 at 4:11 am
I am in a frenzy over fathers day coming up. My dad is soo cool let me tell you. No really I haven’t the slighest clue what to get him for fathers day. Most years I don’t really get my dad anything for fathers day. He didn’t provide anything for me, I mean I paid for my college myself, bought my first car myself, oops this isn’t my appointment with my shrink. I know im slap happy people just tell me what hobbies your fathers have for this coming holiday please please. Actually I just need your opinions on what to get dad for fathers day.
October 8th, 2009 at 2:37 am
Wow Kendall that is really cool I love the idea that you can take a picture of your baby and use it as a print on the wall of the babies room, and you can inter change all prints to come up with different ideas and creations, this is something that will be very unique to each child’s room, instead of going the traditional way of wall papers. Thanks so much for this idea and sharing it.