A real Silicon Valley garage startup

February 20, 2007 By

Maryam, Patrick, and me, got a tour of Maya’s Mom’s workspace yesterday. It was the first Silicon Valley startup that actually is located inside a garage that we’ve done an interview of. Maya’s Mom was started by, well, Maya’s mom. AKA Ann Crady, formerly of Yahoo. We had a nice chat, the site is for parents. Anyway, in this little garage located behind a house on Alma Street in Palo Alto that you’ll see in the video when we get it up (probably in three weeks, I have that many videos in the can) there are actually four startups. This is one thing I love about video. I can actually show you the crazy working conditions. Text just doesn’t do it justice.

Oh, she found the head developer by using LinkedIn. I keep getting bugged by people to use LinkedIn. Sorry, I don’t do that. If you need me, my phone number and email are on the sidebar of my blog. But glad someone is getting value out of it.

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  • http://ian.sundermedia.com/ Ian Muir

    That’s awesome and inspiring for us hopeful entrepreneurs. My little group is currently working out of my attice (attic + office).

    It’s also nice to know that LinkedIn has helped others, we’ve been trying to use it to find investors with no luck.

  • http://ian.sundermedia.com Ian Muir

    That’s awesome and inspiring for us hopeful entrepreneurs. My little group is currently working out of my attice (attic + office).

    It’s also nice to know that LinkedIn has helped others, we’ve been trying to use it to find investors with no luck.

  • Anonymous

    Thank you for not jumping on the LinkedIn bandwagon. I thought I was the only one (I’m a developer btw).

  • Anonymous

    Thank you for not jumping on the LinkedIn bandwagon. I thought I was the only one (I’m a developer btw).

  • http://www.comeacross.info/ Raoul

    Just can’t see the value of paying so you can network on LinkedIn. I always thought human relationships, especially those based on trust, should be free. I ought to be able to communicate with a contact of mine without paying LinkedIn to do it. That’s just silly, and it saddens me that they’ve managed to scare up so many funds from VCs.

  • http://www.comeacross.info Raoul

    Just can’t see the value of paying so you can network on LinkedIn. I always thought human relationships, especially those based on trust, should be free. I ought to be able to communicate with a contact of mine without paying LinkedIn to do it. That’s just silly, and it saddens me that they’ve managed to scare up so many funds from VCs.

  • http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor monkchips

    Raoul: linked in… is free…. although they have a premium offering.

  • http://bedalegroup.wordpress.com/ monkchips

    Raoul: linked in… is free…. although they have a premium offering.

  • Hashbrown

    Robert – I’m surprised you were turned off by LinkedIn. I’ve found it to be the only “social networking” site I’ll go near. I thought this type of targeted networking site would appeal to you. I’d be interested to hear you go into more detail about what turns you off to LinkedIn. I’m a pretty new user of LinkedIn so maybe I’m missing the downside.

  • Hashbrown

    Robert – I’m surprised you were turned off by LinkedIn. I’ve found it to be the only “social networking” site I’ll go near. I thought this type of targeted networking site would appeal to you. I’d be interested to hear you go into more detail about what turns you off to LinkedIn. I’m a pretty new user of LinkedIn so maybe I’m missing the downside.

  • http://scobleizer.com/ Robert Scoble

    Hashbrown: if you don’t have a blog, this kind of network is very attractive. If you have a blog, it brings more noise than it’s worth. So, don’t take my experience with it as gospel.

    I hate getting messages sent through 15 people I don’t know just to get to me, especially when my freaking email address and phone number are on my blog.

  • http://scobleizer.com/ Robert Scoble

    Hashbrown: if you don’t have a blog, this kind of network is very attractive. If you have a blog, it brings more noise than it’s worth. So, don’t take my experience with it as gospel.

    I hate getting messages sent through 15 people I don’t know just to get to me, especially when my freaking email address and phone number are on my blog.

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